Weary of the day
that has only just begun.
A tough battle
we survived
and here comes another one.
The time spent
in the saddle
doesn’t seem to yield
the requisite wisdom.
There’s no quitting so,
there’s only one thing
left to be done.
Put it on God.
Only the Lord
will let me lay
this burden down.
He has shown me
the way through this
trouble I have found.
And when it becomes
too much to bear
that I cannot go on,
I know the truth,
the one thing I can do,
is put it on God.
The grief of loss
is too much for one to bear,
for their whole life
and truly get anywhere.
The words
that the doctors have to say
are enough
to make heavy every day.
Whether our time is short,
or the days drag on.
When we’re hurt,
and barely hanging on.
When our day feels
like it’s done
before the dawn,
we have one place
we can put it all.
On God.
He may bear all our weight,
just as He bore His cross.
This world is full of hate
and pain, and shame, and loss,
but He gave Himself
to pay the cost,
so that in darkness
we will not be lost.
To Him,
our pain is nothing
to take on.
So, put it on God.
DJR – 2022
