Self-Parenting?

Self-Parenting is for the fatherless, the motherless, the lost.

It is for those who do not understand the redeeming act of the Cross.

If I could help myself, I wouldn't be such a mess

If I could parent myself, I wouldn’t be in distress

Self-Parenting is for orphans, the abandoned, and the alone.

Self-parenting is for people who are lost, with no home

If I could parent myself, I would be perfect in every way

I would be the perfect parent now and always

Self-parenting may have a purpose and place in someone’s life

But for me, the ultimate healer is God's Son and his precious sacrifice.

His plan from the beginning as Creator, Father, and God

Was to make us his children, but through sin and lies, we were robbed

Humankind, from the start, has turned away from their true Father.

To replace Him with idols, manmade things, and much fodder.

God is our father, our mother, our companion, our friend

He has been like this from the beginning and ultimately at our end.

To think I, the created, could fix up and patch up what the creator ordained.

To do so would cause my Savior's death and sacrifice to be in vain

For He was bruised for my iniquities,

And chastised for my peace

And with His stripes I am healed.

Why would I turn to myself if God has sealed the deal?

A self-parenting follower of Jesus Christ

is a contradiction, you see

I have a father, a mother, and a constant companion within me

Who am I to question my Abba Father's plan

To depend upon Him, never myself or man.

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I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. John 14:18 NIV

A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5 AMP)

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— (John 1:12 NIV)

'But he was wounded for our rebellions; he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and by his stripes healing was provided for us. ‘ Isaiah 53:5