You say:
“Knock and I’ll answer. Seek and find me.”
I can’t rise from my chair to reach the door.
Seeking sounds like work.
You say:
“Come to me when you’re weary and worn out.
You’ll find real rest with me.”
I roll from this lazy-boy into a loveseat with you.
You take my troubles, you calm my fevered thinking.
Is this what an easy yoke is?
You say:
“I’m standing at your door. I’m knocking.
I’m calling your name. Won’t you come?”
I will answer the door, but I’m not sure I can leave the house.
Are you wooing or cajoling me?
You say:
“The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Watch and pray with me.”
I say:
“Lord, your disciples couldn’t stay awake for a single hour!
What makes you think I can?”
You say:
“Parents on this planet know how to give good gifts to their children.”
I interrupt:
“We’re talking fish and bread here.”
You finish:
“How much more will our Father in Heaven give
the Holy Spirit
to those that ask?”
…How much more…
I will ask, I will seek, I will knock, I will pray.
Come Holy Spirit.
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