Grief is distant

health is near

gratitude is easy

 

roof is sturdy

table is bountiful

every need is met

 

and yet

I must remember

to say to my soul:

 

Go deeper

to find

Hunger and Thirst

 

Desperate Need

Complete Dependence

Full Surrender

 

without these treasures

a heart would spoil

not knowing how to be given

 

and all

will fade

anyway.

 

O God,

grant me grace

For desperation.

 

To seek

when I am content

To empty

when I am full

To sojourn

when I am home-safe

To hunger

when I lack nothing

To thirst

when I am satisfied.

 

I remember

I lay down

I bow low

 

I fold myself

into You

O Great One.

 

In You I live

and move

and have my being.

 

I want for nothing,

and I am nothing

without You.