has Jesus become an accessory?

a name that appears alongside your family and friends
when you give thanks in good times
a name that you remember in troubled times

but a name that has no place in your life in between

like an expensive piece of jewellery
that only sees light during a special function or in your Sunday best
and then sits in the cupboard for the rest of the year

has God become an uncle agony?
that when after friends fail to meet that need
or added pain to what you seek

and then you turn to God
like a toilet bowl for relief

and flush down your anxiety
doesn't matter where it will end up to be

it's not your problem
it's the toilet bowl's

right?

has God become an accessory?

to God
are people your accessories?

like a lost ear ring
that you won't bother to look for it?
cause you can make another better one?

when it has a chip
you eagerly seek to mend it

no matter how many times it has pricked your finger tips
you won't go "damn ear ring"

no matter how ugly it looks compared to your glory
you love it

you defended and redeemed an insignificant me
with your life

yes, you love me
that you breathed life into me
that I am not some stupid ear ring
but in your glorious image

that doesn't make me an accessory
it goes to show how precious and dear I mean to you

and yet,
time and again
we treat you ike a lifeless God
like an accessory

I wonder how long your patience will last
when your wrath will fall

so God, teach me each day
how to live as you have intended me to be
not to worship you as something I've made believe

but God, reveal yourself clearly and accurately to me
so that I may live