Come to the Water

Come to the Water

lyrics by Unknown

Oh let all who thirst, let them come to the water.

And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord.

Without money, without price

Why should you pay the price, except for the Lord.

And let all who seek, let them come to the water.

And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord.

Without money, without strife

Why should you spend your life, except for the Lord.

And let all who toil, let them come to the water.

And let all who are weary, let them come to the Lord.

All who labor, without rest

How can your soul find rest, except for the Lord.

And let all the poor, let them come to the water.

Bring the ones who are laden, bring them all to the Lord.

Bring the children, without might

Easy the load and light, come to the Lord.

Sometimes, sometimes often, in a life we have the feeling of being tired. Just plain tired. Our daily existence is plain and unvarying; our creative self left without outlets. Perhaps we're a bit down; our soul needs a rest. In a simple life, we might have just sat down or taken off for our heart's desire, but today's modern life has its own requirements and its own demands. We might, as did the Emperor in the story, The Emperor's New Clothes be oh, so tempted to be turned by flattery, by those who seek advantage at our expense. Yet we may choose another way, to be simply present, without money, without price. Easy the load and light; distribute your burdens to those who care and to those who give light.

Why should you spend your life, except for the Lord. There are all kinds of lords seeking our attention. Today we may leave our devotions at shopping malls, department stores and the like; only to emerge with trinkets in return. We are just tired of those things. They don't seem to last; we gain no certain peace. Earning the sums of money takes an ever consuming amount of our time and stresses us. Carefully considering what we need and what matters is a valuable way to actually enrich our lives, reduce stress and gain control of the "devotional beasts" who would seek to make their claims upon us.