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Call Me Selfish

by Mari Morris
05/29/26
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Call Me Selfish

Mari Morris

Copyright 5-15-2026

 

 

 

Call me selfish. And you would be right.

 

 

Call You selfish. And you would be right.

 

 

(Uh-oh.... Don't even go there?)

 

 

I just lost Half of my audience.

 

 

All two of us.

 

 

Which means that I must be the only person listening right now.

 

 

And I am not even sure that I want to hear this one...

 

 

If I took it all back, would you consider returning?

 

 

Probably not. 

 

 

Your selfishness would never allow you to forgive me.

 

 

 

Have I suddenly become your enemy because I tell you the Truth?  (Galatians 4:16)

 

 

Oh Ye who are no longer here...

 

 

 

After I selfishly called us all selfish, there are just me and my Audience of One now.

 

 

 

Unfortunately, this subject is right up my alley! So, let's go there. 

 

 

 

I am thinking about the Book of James now.  And I really don't want to look in the mirror on this... issue. I always walk away and forget what I saw anyways.  Sort of an intentional spiritual/mental block kind of thing. Sometimes I won't even call it what it really is. 

 

Sin.

 

After all, it's not a "mistake", or a "misunderstanding". Or an "issue".   Or a, ...”sorry if ‘you’ felt that way”.

 

All of that is just pointless deflection in an attempt to disguise the truth...

 

 

My sin is still there even if I refuse to admit it. I might as well be humble and confess it outright. 

 

And who am I kidding anyways?  God can see it. And every single person that has ever been in my life can see it.  

 

I cannot think of even a single sin in the entire world that doesn't begin...  and end with selfishness.

 

 

It is the extremely huge Elephant that is in every single room that I will ever enter.

 

 

I can only turn to my Audience of One now - with my sin.

 

 

Because I know that He is the One and Only remedy.

 

By humbly confessing the truth of my sin, I can finally leave that horrendous Elephant at the zoo.

 

Forever! 

 

And since humble confession is required for true repentance - Please...

 

 

Call me selfish.

 

Call you selfish.

 

 

So that we can both be free...

 

 

In the Name of Jesus.

 

Amen

 

 

 


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