Sunday, November 30, 2008

Provided

How cruel can you be?
You give your children
precious gifts to handle,
knowing all will be broken
by the end of the day.
With child-like logic
we tend it and guard
this most fragile of gifts.
We're afraid of breaking it,
and yet we want to play.

If You had known,
why did You bother?
We try with all efforts
to preserve the purity
and protect it from taint,
but to no avail.
We fail in the midst
of all that we wished for,
and of all our hopes and dreams,
and of all our prayers.

Is there a lesson
To learn from all this?
A harsh teacher You are,
to light our hopes all aflame
'til they turn to ashes,
just to get a point
across in our hearts.
You are willing to let
Your children fall to the ground
before you pick them up.

But above it all,
you will still remain
sovereign Lord of our hearts,
the gentle shepherd leading
his lost sheep to pastures.
We will one day see
and fully realize
the depth of that promise
You have made with us: "I will
always take care of You."

Amen.

November 30, 2008

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