A name ...what's in it

Romans 12:3  New English Translation

Conduct in Humility

3 For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.

 

 A name

 

“A man lives up to his name”, does that make sense at all?

What if your name is “Parasite”, are you then doomed to fall?

Or when your name is “Tick”, aren't you better off being a bird?

A bird that you have in hand rather than the ten that are absurd?

 

What is in a name when you're called a Christian?

Do you have to live up to the name you are called?

What if you bring shame to the family of your adoption?

Would your name be engraved or wiped out by your falls?

 

The easiest name to adept to is “Hey you” hypocrite

It fits like a glove because it is hardly by self noticed

As you waste your time denying that it really does not fit

For you don’t know right from wrong, as you fake “solace”

 

Jan Wienen 

This poem is about: 
My country
Our world

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