Thank you for this day

Thank You for this day, Lord
which began with You at Candlemas
and ended with You at the side of a child
needing more than just my hands

When bad became worse, You
showed me kneeling before You
not eighteen hours before
chiding me with your words

I am with you always
as far as your panicky little mind
can run - I'll be there
grabbing you by the wrist

Dragging you over chasms
and mountaintops
swinging into a lake
off the end of a big fat rope

So what if I can't swim.

I am with you always
your life is in the world
but it will be better off
starting and ending with Me.