for the one who is tired

Dear heart, God does not say

today, "Be strong!"

He knows

your strength is spent;

He knows how long the road

has been,

how weary you have grown;

for He walked the earthly

roads alone,

each bogging lowland and

each long, steep hill He can

understand,

and so He says, "Be still and

know that I am God." The hour

is late and you must rest a

while,

and you must wait until life's

empty reservoirs

fill up

as slow rain fills an empty,

upturned cup.

Hold up your cup, dear child,

for God to fill.

He only asks today that you

be still.

 

Grace Noll Crowell