The Downside of Pride

Sometimes we get too self-impressed,
We think we’ve got it all,
Until we’re in over our head.
Then we give God a call.
 
Remember when Christ walked the waves,
And Peter thought he’d try?
If Christ had not leant him a hand,
Pete would have said good-bye.
 
Such is the vanity of man
When we aspire to be
The God who walks on windswept waves,
We’ll sink into the sea.
 
We are not God, nor will we be,
He’s strong where we are weak.
Yet when we call out in our fear,
He is the grace we seek.
 
Matthew 14:29-30
He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”

The delightful barnacled shoe photo is from DE, my beach walking friend.