Humbled

With forty, sixty, eighty people
At a party with music and prayer
And deep conversation,
It is easy to feel like an awesome
Party-Thrower.

With twenty-two intrepid guests,
Many a good bit younger,
Many new, many less talkative …
It is easy to feel like a failure
Party-Thrower.

First thought on waking:
“Do you think your insecurity
Relates to your need to be perfect?”

Ah.

I had twenty-two people
Drive an hour to spend the evening with me.
That humbles me.

I showed them the love of Christ
In whatever way I could.
I should let the outcome go.

That humbles me.