Aligned Living: Not DIY - Christian Lindbeck

Modification is not transformation.
We can make all
the right moves,
say the right words,
shine up the exterior
to a high gloss
and convince ourselves
and others
that we are finally
good

but
inside,
at the core,
the rotten truth remains.

Yet,
Jesus is enough.
Let Him walk shadow-close,
try to blend in
so you translusce.

Set free from the law
we daily die
and 
rise,
to new life.

Become fertile soil
and let Him seed you.
Watch what will grow.

Turn to Him
moment by moment
and let go the clenched fist,
lay it down
and
die yet again.

This is not
a DIY project,
nor could it 
ever be. 

Col. 3; Eph. 2:10; 1 Pet. 1:5-6; Ps. 1; Ps. 119 among others