Esteem

Do not think much of me for the things I say.

Do not think much of me for the things I do.

In fact, do not think much of me at all.

Think much of Christ - of His greatness, worth and love, and then,

Only then...

Think much of me as His broken child - needy, helpless and empty;

Waiting to be filled by Him,

To be soul-fed by His real food and bonded to Him by His real drink.

I thirst, and am nothing but a hungry child.

Think much of my want, my lack, my nothingness.

And think much of the Christ I love; the perfect Treasure of grace and truth,

Whose supply abounds.

There is nothing much to think of me,

And oh, so much to think of Him.