If You Have Nothing
Jessica Powers
The gesture of a gift is adequate.
If you have nothing: laurel leaf or bay,
No flower, no seed, no apple gathered late,
Do not in desperation lay
The beauty of your tears upon the clay.
No gift is proper to a Deity.
No fruit is worthy for such power to bless.
If you have nothing, gather back your sigh,
And with your hands held high, your heart held high,
Lift up your emptiness!
6 comments:
That's all that God requires - outselves - our unworthy selves! That way He is everything to us! Thanks for a beautiful poem!
"lift up your emptiness"
I love that.
beautiful poem Kris!
reminds me of a verse I read this morning in Isaiah.
Isaiah 26:12 - "Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us."
Merry Christmas!
~Michelle
That is beautiful because really that is what God wants, us in our emptiness, our brokenness. A blessed Christmas to your family.
So beautiful. Thank you, Kris, and Merry Christmas.
I love this!
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