Still in Kansas, but naught to worry Toto

(To the well-intentioned worries of my friends)

There’s a roaring lion on the road to Oz

Seeking to intimidate or devour

To fill weak and weary hearts with worry, doubt and fear

A cowardly liar that’s for certain

A man behind a curtain

Who manipulates appearances with half-truths, smoke and mirrors

The consequences of our debt

Go deeper than our deep regrets

Without eyes to see the futility just keeps growing

Since we’ll never know how much we owe

It’s safe to say we won’t repay

Ours will be the harvest of the seeds that we’ve been sowing

It’s easy but it’s not cheap

He settled the accounts we could not pay

And in place of buying time we could not negotiate

He provided a new and better way

Settled once forever and for all

At the appointed time, on the appointed date

Don’t lean to your fearful lack of understanding

Do what’s best, find your rest

Be weaned away from your anxieties

Like Jesus on the stormy sea

In the stern of the boat, safely afloat

Calm and confident, peacefully at ease

With a guilty plea, I rest my case

Sentenced to a life of grace

No longer searching for direction

Dying to myself, now owned by someone else

I rest in peace, I’m not deceased

But expectantly await the resurrection

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."

1 Peter 5:7