dear Jesus

Dear Jesus,

thank you

for always having time

to just be with me

when I just need

to be with you.

Sometimes I just feel like

I need to be a child,

to turn to you

when I don’t know what to do,

when I can’t make sense of life.

When I’ve been hurt,

I need to be with someone

who is always safe,

someone like you

who knows just what to do

and what to say

and what not to say,

someone who

always only loves

and sees me

and loves me,

come what may.

There is no greater security

than to know

I can just lay my head

on you to hear

your steady, ever-living,

always enlivening heartbeat.

Thank you for chasing after me.

I’ve been scared and alone.

Thank you for finding me here.

Thank you for seeing in me

what I can’t see in myself.

You know I was afraid

you’d scold me,

but instead you hold me.

Thank you for

your life-changing love.

I love you,

my dear, dear Jesus.

……………………..

Dear Jesus

by troy cady