You give and take away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Last weekend we listened to the sermon in Matthew
You feed the birds and clothe the lilies
How much more do you love us?

Comforted, I pulled out an old painting
I commissioned it on those very verses
When I had just finished college

I graduated in an economic recession
With no leads, I took a manufacturing job
And You changed that for the better

Now it hangs in our bedroom
A place to fix my eyes and align
When I feel lost in the unknown

I can trust that when there is loss
When something we grasped is gone
You remain

And I can trust in the emptiness
Open hands and open heart
You will fill them again

When I hold his hand and feel
The gravity of it all
I still feel peace

You will feed us
You will clothe us
You will provide

What is out of our control is in Yours
So as we wait and trust
We offer our gratitude