PARADISE

“And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.”  (Luke 23 : 43 KJV) 

There is no garden scenery —

No trees with their dangling greenery

Arrayed around still waters and a silver stream.

No sun sparkles like a yellow lantern

And the moon and the stars do not gleam.

There is, in fact, nothing we could realise

And nothing our minds might recognise.

For, in the simplicity of eternity,

What sustains us other than Him?

Have you not seen?

Have you not heard?

When we are empty,

So we are nothing

And we possess nothing,

Then we can rest in Him.