I Take Off The Mask!

How beautiful must you be

so you can see yourself as beautiful?

How smart must you be

so you find the confidence to say

that you have it in you

to succeed

How much studies must you undertake

how many certificates and titles must you acquire

how many languages

how many skills

how excellent

how fast

and how creative

so you can find the security to say

that in this fast

and changing world

you are doing well

and that you are at par

with the rest

who are trying so hard

as you do

trying to please

trying to excel

trying to be the very best

where the very best

could not be found

among those who try

to be the best.

It is never enough

It never will be enough

for true confidence

could not be found

in the exaltation of the self

or in the perfection we desire

but which eludes us the more

the more we try to grasp it

Only in Jesus

do we find rest

only in Him

do we find

the strength

the purpose

and the power

to accomplish

all things

for the perfect good

of all.