So much joy to be felt

There is so much joy to be felt,
So much contentment to experience.

All of Your promises are true,
Just waiting to be claimed.

You invite us to partake,
But in our own stubbornness, we rebel
You continue to pursue us, nonetheless.

We experience pain and loss, anxiety and fear
You offer us relief and refuge, comfort and strength.

We go about our day, minding our business
So totally absorbed in the temporal, the superficial
Feeding our flesh, entertaining ourselves
But there is no satisfaction, just more emptiness.

We seem to dig ourselves deeper,
We overwhelm ourselves, we become inundated
Finally out of desparation, we cry out
In our own selfmade brokenness

You are still right beside us,
To caress our weariness, to soothe us
To lighten our load, to carry our burden
To save us from ourselves, our own worst enemy

Maybe now we will finally get it,
To go to the Well of Living Water,
To go to the Source of All Life,
The Source of All Creation and Power
The Great Healer and Physician