Taste and See

We are bystanders to the rising sun.

We witness seasonal change.

Fruit grows independently from us.

The rains come without our consent.

In a world in which all of this is so,

in which you are the orchestrator of it all-

Our obsession with control is obscene.

Our need to work is an atrocity.

Blessed with tasks and jobs as we are,

free us from the grip of our schedules and budgets.

In creation you gave bare people free access to bountiful supply.

Yet we cover ourselves in self-righteousness and manufactured goods.

You are the God who causes fruit for us and in us.

Give us delight in this process which you have worked for-you and you alone.

We come in our ignorance and stubbornness,

for this is all we have to offer.

We praise you for not qualifying our worthiness to come,

for not asking us to "dig deep", or to try harder.

Forgive us for trying to fill up what we find lacking in creation.

The work is finished, the harvest has come.

His name is Jesus.

May we taste and see this goodness who fills all in all.