Lent 9 -- Luke 12: 22 - 34

If I were a lily of the field

Would I fear the bees?

Or the shriveling heat of the sun

whose light is life?

Would each raindrop represent

A terrifying flood?

If I were a bird, would I consult

The textbook on wing disease?

Would I think this flux of insects

Meant a dearth tomorrow?

Would I be afraid to sing

Because I’m not the best?

But because I know abundance

I live in fear of lack,

I have forgotten God’s enough.

I have juggled my accounts,

Heavenly and earthly,

And the sums will not add up.

In the divine arithmetic

We multiply by subtraction,

And the answer comes out ‘YES!”