The Life Longed For

The Life Longed For

Wealth, power, knowledge, joy, and an easy life

The life longed for

Eating, drinking, and hard work, and enjoying the lot in life as a gift,

A life and longing

Storms come and the power fails for a day, some still lack

New thoughts, less distractions yet the struggle for comfort and 

an easy life - the life longed for 

No light inside from sundown to sunrise

Few days, fleeting life, passing like a shadow 

“No time to despair, deep seated joy

Like one Swinging forever in the park 

Eyes squinting tightly, arms spread wide falling gently into His arms 

And the life longed for

The Life Longed For, Glimpse poetry by Joe Holuta

About this poem: The Life Longed For is a poem about life as God’s gift -no matter the lot we have been given. Wealth has facets that are many, and meaningful: time being one side and a precious gem. Value each hour, day, and week, and the joy life provides and we deeply long. - Joe Holuta

 “Then it dawned on me that this is good and proper: to eat and drink and find the good in all the toil that we undertake under the sun during the few days God has given, for this is our lot in life.  Also, God gives wealth, possessions, and power to enjoy those things, and He allows them to accept their lot in life and to enjoy hard work. This is God’s gift.  For people like this have no time to despair over life because God keeps them so busy with a deep-seated joy.”

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 VOICE