"what right have you to be scornful, whose virture is a deficiency of temptation"

"Although our sins testify against us, O Lord, do something for the sake of your name." Jeremiah 14:7

I've been struggling with my utter lack, my inability to do or be anything that I should. This morning I was feeling hopeless, when I read Jeremiah 14:7. And what a burden-lifting verse it is! How encouraging to know that our value is not in who we are or what we do, but in the value that God has freely given! And more so, that the point is not our value or accomplishments at all, but everything is God, everything that matters. I cannot say I am free from my shame, but I at least have the strength to press on through one more day, and for now that is enough.

Running the race
Like a mouse in a cage
Getting nowhere but I'm trying
Forging ahead
But I'm stuck in the bed
That I made so I'm lying
But if you keep real close
Yeah, you stay real close
I will reach you
I'm down to a whisper
In a daydream on a hill
Shut down to a whisper
Can you hear me still
Eager to please,
Trying to be what they need
But I'm so very tired
I've stopped trying to find
Any peace in my mind
Because it tangles the wires
But if you keep real close
Yeah, you stay real close
I will reach you
I'm down to a whisper
In a daydream on a hill
Shut down to a whisper
Can you hear me
Can you hear me still
The sound tires on my lips
To fade away into forgetting
I'm down to a whisper
In a daydream on a hill
Shut down to a whisper
Can you hear me
Can you hear me
I'm down to a whisper
In a daydream on a hill
Shut down to a whisper
Can you hear me
Can you hear me still