He Is enough

It's all around me.
people walking through pain and discontent
hearts broken, bleeding, filling with confusion.
desperate, lonely, frightened
grasping for something
and finding only air

So many times the past few weeks
I have heard the same refrain

I have nothing, nothing at all, nothing but Jesus

and I recall words I wrote when I was surrounded by the poverty of Uganda
looking at smiles that gleamed as spirits thrived

When God is all there is then God is enough. 

If anything else is placed above Him, then nothing is enough. 

He is, as He says in His Word, a jealous God, 

and He will have no other gods before Him. 

I find myself in prayer,weeping
yet even then rejoicing
for all those who have nothing left
for I know Jesus Is there
arms open, waiting
and He Is enough

 

jumping late into the jam with Bonnie where the word is Jesus