"On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man." Psalm 12:8

Philippians 2:5–10 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

overruled
©3-26-10 hannah mclean

your affirmation
does not overrule
judgment
your denial of truth
does not overrule
reality
your flattering lips boast
and taunt
you uphold evil as
your scepter
on your self-made throne

how long will you turn
your back?
how long will you kneel
to kiss your own shadow?
dirt falls from your lips
and your hands
you are stained by
your idolatry

there is a King
but it is not you
His rule
overrules and
rules over
you