I AM

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I am hungry.

I am unsatisfied,

empty,

left with no way to fill myself up.

I am darkness.

I am lost,

confused,

full of evil with no hope of change.

I am a wall.

I shut people out,

turn them away,

stand firm to protect myself.

I am filled with death.

I am physically dying,

falling apart,

spiritually dead if left alone.

I am a sheep.

I am foolish,

slow-witted,

helpless to do anything for myself.

I am a wanderer.

I am homeless,

shelterless,

prone to fall off the path.

I am a branch.

I am dependent,

vulnerable,

incapable of producing anything good.

Until Jesus.

I am the bread of life.

I am the light of the world.

I am the door of the sheep.

I am the resurrection and the life.

I am the good shepherd.

I am the way, the truth, and the life.

I am the true vine.

Praise be to God for His unfailing mercy and His  eternal lovingkindness.

I am nothing without Him.

Art credit: The Good Shepherd from a catacomb in Rome, second half of the 3rd century.