Reverse Poem: A poem that can be read both forward and backward and contain two opposing meanings.

There are days that nothing seems to be going right and I just feel low. There are days I seem to become my own worst enemy and the only person to blame is myself. There are days where the enemy’s attacks can fill my head with lies and I doubt my faith in God.

I can’t be the only one who feels this way.

Last week I was having one of these days, and I found myself wrestling with the way I was seeing myself and the way I know God sees me. See, when you begin the path of growing a relationship with Christ it becomes easy to know the right answers; Jesus loves you, you are precious, you are special. However, it’s a lot easier to know that Jesus sees you as priceless as opposed to truly believing it yourself. I found myself journaling about the way I saw myself, and listened for the Lord to tell me how He sees me. Which lead me to this poem.

The way I see myself

The way I see myself is dead

From here on out I pledge to myself

To fill my head with lies and stinging insults directed towards the mirror

It hurts

I am disgusting, worthless, and completely invaluable

I will never say

I am talented, unique, and pure

Everyday your word tells me

“I am too broken to be worthy of this so called ‘unconditional love’”

How could I look at myself and think

I am a child of God

Lord, I pray to be constantly reminded that

I have sinned one too many times to enter into Heaven

Nowhere in the Bible does it say

His creation is perfect; He creates with purpose; He created me.

There are times I see those around me, then look at myself, and I can’t help but believe

Maybe even me, with all my flaws and mistakes, God you created me with a perfect and beautiful love

To think

I almost thought differently about you God

Here I am laughing because for a second

I believe you have enough power to whisper truth in the wind between the trees, and enough passion to paint the sky with your heart

And that just isn’t true

The world tells me you are not real

So from here on out I want to know that

I am “of” the world and not simply “in” the world

Because I will never prosper if

I am to be more like you and less like me

Lord, help me understand if

I need to change my ways

I pray to see myself through the eyes of you, God.

You read it first going down, which is the raw uncut lies that many people may be able to relate to. Maybe you too have had these thoughts and doubts about yourself and about your faith, but God sees you differently. If that is not obvious to you, then read the poem going up and ask Him to reveal to you the truth about yourself.