Given to be Given- Real Grace Reflection #1

Here is my first attempt to reflect on the 2015 theme of Lutheran Outdoors Ministry of Texas: Real Grace.  If you feel compelled to put these words to music, I'd be glad to hear what you come up with.

Given to Be Given

It puts nothing in my pocket

Not a thing upon my plate

No, I cannot hold on to it

To use at a later date

With it, still my wallet’s lacking

My cup? Empty does remain

I could write of it for ever

Yet my words wash down the drain.

It’s nothing I can hold on to

It’s everything as well

Each day, each second it is new

A miracle to tell

It seems to journey off, I panic

When will it return?

It’s always there to open up my eyes

So my heart learns

My tries to hold onto it

Are a certainty to sink

A boat made out of cardboard

Quickly sucked down in the drink

It’s given to be given

It’s shared so I can share

The vessel that can store it

I’ve not seen it anywhere.

c2014 Mike Tauser