OR —

When things go my way;
Or when everything falls apart.
As Your brilliant scholar;
Or Your useful idiot.
Influential with others;
Or completely ignored.
In prominence;
Or obscurity.
Dreams satisfied;
Or never fulfilled.
With everything You give;
Or whenever You take away.
Involved in Your plan;
Or sidelined indefinitely.
Loved by people;
Or ridiculed.
Attractive;
Or ugly.
Fat;
Or skinny.
Strong;
Or weak.
Healthy;
Or not.
Able to recall;
Or in the cloud of confusion.
When I feel like it;
Or when I don’t.
In the success You give;
Or the failure You gift.
With abundant riches;
Or devastating poverty.
In the house of feasting;
Or in the house of mourning.
With friends and family;
Or adversaries and isolation.
As a vessel of honor;
Or a vessel of dishonor.
In life, and grace, and mercy;
Or death, and difficulty, and judgment.
Made for exalting;
Or made for crushing.
The one to bestow;
Or the one in desperate need.
At home;
Or homeless.
With;
Or without.

My God is God, and I will serve Him any, way.