What Joy?

Wasn't it just like walking in a dream — Wonderstruck, eyes shining with delight, The joyful surprise in the face of what seemed Impossible, a victory, the wrong made right? And then there was the long, weary waiting, The months of work with no compensation, Suddenly a payday, no more speculating About the coming joy and salvation. But again we're in need, again overcome; Our weakness the world counts as shame; Though famine, fire, and flood overrun, We still lift our hands and call on Your name. Giver of life, Fulfiller of dreams, Restore our fortunes like Negev's desert streams.

© Randall Edwards 2017 Photo by Gideon Pisanty, Spring bloom at the Negev Mountains, with Tulipa systola, Helianthemum vesicarium, and Erucaria microcarpa. March 5, 2010. #poetry #sonnet #christianity #psalmofascent #songofascent #psalms