keeping and losing

Faith?
Is it about
keeping or losing?

Keep my commandments.
Lose your life.

Some
along this journey
plant themselves
in fields of keeping alone.
They "keep".

Some keepers
keep
desiring perfection
in themselves....
expecting perfection in others.

"I'll keep I'll say
and other people
won't notice what I've lost."

We are born keepers...
for better and worse.

Yes, faith calls us to keep...
but also to lose.

It is in losing
that we discover keeping.

What must the church lose
before the church faithfully keeps?

What must I lose
before I faithfully keep?