Lost and found

When we lose
what we are
what we think we are
when ourself is
somewhere we can't find
when we've lost
any meaning
of all we search
within ourselves.

We have things
this and that
to do
but we've lost
a specific moment
a priceless particle of time

Our leisureness
is abstract
our distractions
prevent us from
truly focusing
truly reflecting
truly living
truly loving

Quantity has
overtaken.

Quality
is down the road
a ways; downtrodden,
forsaken.

Jesus too
alas, was forsaken,
downtrodden.

But He overcame
And so can we.
Quality can
rule.

The loss
we feel
own up to
traumatic it is

It brings us
-- if we allow it --
to reflection
of a moment
a time
a lifetime ago

Stark
white
naked

Pure
white
refreshing

Where are you
Where have you been
Where have you come
Where will you stop
and look and listen
Where is it all
Where have you looked
Where will you find

or have you
answered
every
where
there is

have you
found
the where
within your heart

have you
found
Jesus.

All we have
or think we have
matters not
if Jesus
Himself
does not live
within us.

Without Jesus
we are
Nothing.
We have
Nothing.
We merely exist.

Move about
here and there
this and that
but life
eternal
escapes us.

Must find.
Must find Him
Without Him
I cannot achieve,
or hope to achieve,
the goal He has for me.

We lose
a loved one
But if we
do not have
Jesus,
our precious Lord
and Savior,
we lose
much more.

Our very soul.

Cathy Orrick Luders
2.13.2010