My Daily Bread of Life

You are Good.

You are God Just and Kind
Whether protected in the lion’s den
Or pierced in the lion’s jowls:
I praise You again

God Most Worthy and Most Wise.

This is no appeasement,
I may be consumed today,
But if my flesh and bone
Decay away

You are ever the best part.

You make it worth it:
The agony, the exhaustion, the fight-
Not as some future promise
Not if You make it all right

I’m saying this in present tense.

If I die in this struggle,
And ever after is the same,
I am sustained in it all
By the beauty of Your name

Echoing through all.

I love You, Jesus.