The ABC's of the Lord's Math

The ABC’s of the Lord’s Math
(- me + Him)
by Marilyn Mackenzie

How strangely the words flow from our brains to our pen sometimes. As I doodled this morning, these words spilled from my pen to paper:

Proclaim the Lord as Savior
Surrender your will to God
Though it seems a strange behavior
Strength is gained, not lost, o’er all.

The words for that poem ended there, but behind them spilled more words, words to expand the thought that there is gain from surrendering to Him. Words to remind us that we must decrease, and He increase.

The ABC’s of the Lord’s Math (- me + Him)
(I decrease, He increases)

Abandon argumentative attitudes
Abide, ardently articulate

Banish barbarous battle
Become benevolently bedecked

Confess catastrophic choices
Confirm character change

Demolish disparaging deception
Devote devout discernment

Eradicate evident extravagance
Encourage eager enthusiasm

Forsake fraudulent fears
Follow, faithfully fellowship