here it is, Lord

I give up

we have done all we know to do

we have searched Your Word

we have searched our hearts

we have sought Your face

and still it’s broken

no, not just broken

obliterated to dust with no hope of ever being fixed

I don’t think I’ve ever thought that anything was broken beyond hope before

even so, it’s hard to walk away

it’s hard to give up on this place and these people that we love so deeply

but we’ve been given up on, so what can we do?

people who don’t know us somehow think they know our hearts

and they have turned away because of what they think they see

our words don’t matter to them

Your fruit in our lives doesn’t matter to them

the full counsel of Your Word doesn’t matter to them

so, I’m done

I have to be

but You don’t have to be done

God, be glorified