what makes one worthy?
is it what we do
or who we are?
I know the answer
is in the “being”
not the “doing”
or so I have been told.
what to do
when the world
measures
differently?
the dissonance
is often
more than I can bear.
dissonance
exercising heart and mind, lest I waste away
defying atrophy 
Love is based on what we do for others. Being is the road to pride.
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But don’t I then fall into feeling like I’m “worthy” of love only if I’ve loved enough first (or in return)?
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I actually have an oddly related cultural question with which you can assist: In Thomas the Tank Engine, I notice a recurrent theme of “usefulness”. Everyone in the stories is praised and has value for being “useful”. Is that an especially British thing?
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The being is so much more important than the doing. Social status is based on doing, unfortunately. I think doing good things is important, but basing one’s identity on what one does is misguided.
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Interesting theological trajectory on this one.
It leads further to the question: is sin what we DO or what we ARE ?
And please don’t tell me the answer is both/and 😩
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My faith practices continue to deconstruct. I still owe you a chunk of emails on the most important part of my journey away from legalism.
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I would be most interested. It will probably bring out the Antinomian in me (which is a good thing).
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I think the DO/ARE question becomes especially troublesome around certain “sin” issues, hence my continued deconstruction. Will be interesting to see what I reconstruct.
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