Numbers- August 2015

One
A number
A combination of digits
You're face and personality don't matter
as long as you oblige to these limits
These limits that can be high or can be low
but either way you will be dehumanized and objectified because that's what numbers do.
Two
We take snapshots of our lives and post them for all our followers to see
and we worry about how many people are even following me
Oh come on 6 more and triple digits.
but wait did HE like my picture maybe I should just delete it.
Three
We torture ourselves
because this point system is where our futures lie
we think if we just ace this test
we're set up for success but no that's not enough
study more study more and what all for a 4?
Four
deep breath
hold it hold it hold it- exhale
twenty more
I have to lose this number, this many more and I can wear that dress
this many more and then he will be impressed
But because I have more, I am looked at, seen, and loved less

And I think that that is looking at numbers all wrong
Because

Five
that's how many fingers that were in the hands that we nailed to a cross
the cross where my sin and my shame were washed away and here I am mad at Him because of what I weigh.
No i'm not a number
I'm more than that. I am more than  a GPA, and I am more than a social media account
Because in the end it's God's account and his records of my life that are worth anything
 My life is in the hands of a God who sacrificed His son,
so I guess a number does matter, but only the
One.


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