Take a Pause that Refreshes...

He who testifies to these things says,

"Surely I am coming quickly."

Amen.

Even so, come Lord Jesus!

John 22:20

Today I want to share a poem I wrote that reflects how I feel with all the craziness of the world, and how I only feel an escape from the insanity when I pause to take a look into God's precious Word. It is the only pause in this life that refreshes.

I live in a world where there's too many choices

Surrounded, ensnared, by too many voices

So many demanders of my attention

Yet each day I lose more of my own retention

What does the future hold, how should I live?

To whom should all of my energy give?

A time of great grief, overwhelming sorrow

And yet I have hope for that day called tomorrow

It has still not appeared what yet I shall be

But when Christ appears, His face I shall see

And with all the books, great learning, and media

We'll realize that Jesus was God's one great idea

Life as I know it will from earth disappear

My jaded pursuits be suddenly clear

"It did not matter," He whispers to me

"I was the 'one thing' that mattered truly

I alway have loved you and I was enough

You didn't need people, you didn't need stuff."

I will behold the One with eyes flame of fire

And will realize at last He was all my desire.

copyright 2016 Megan Vance

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