These pretty little things
Catching your attention
Reeling you in
Creating a desire
Letting you think
Your life will be perfect
If only you have it
These pretty little things
Beautiful to the eye
Essentially perfect
Telling you a lie
To ensure you go for it
Little by little
Inch by inch
These pretty little things
Consume your time
Give some enjoyment
Take your mind
Give some excitement
Then before you know it
It’s empty, wasted, nothing
Going
Gone
These pretty little things
Telling you more lies
Making you think
They’re what you need
You must have them
Nothing else will do
Deceiving your heart
To give what you have
Finding you only need more
More, more pretty little things
Never satisfied
More will give you more happiness
More will give you joy
This is what you long for
These pretty little things
Like comfort and pleasure
Ease and delicious food
Money and mammon
The things you can buy
All drawing your attention
Declaring how imperfect is life
Without any of them
These pretty little things
Create a thirst that never satisfies
Always needing something more
This or that
It’s nothing wrong
Your hopes soar
You need it, you want it
You bought it
Your voice rises in song
Such wonderful pretty little things
But then you turn and find
You’re still longing for
More, more
These pretty little things
Are so fleeting
They’re here today
Gone tomorrow
A vanishing mist
Beautiful but empty
Nothing but earthly treasures
Taking your time
Taking your mind
Away from what matters most
Filling your life
Full of frivolousness
Seemingly necessary
Yet in the end
Poof
You wake up to reality
These pretty little things
Leave you empty
All alone
Wanting more
But never truly satisfying
Where can you turn to
Where can you run?
Where can you find
Peace and joy
In heart and mind?
What can you do?
Is your heart wasted?
Empty and bare?
Nothing but broken
Through and through?
Away from pretty little things
To cling to the One who Sees
The broken and contrived heart
emptiness and earnestness
Those who desire Heavenly Treasure
These things above
Hidden to the eye
These things unseen
These will truly satisfy
While others laugh and taunt
Discerning that nothing else will ever do
For those who are vigilant
Those who are desperate
Seeking only to be with the One
Who gave them all
All else is less
Even these pretty little things
Even the terrible suffering
Even the memories of the past
Even the hope for the future
Not one thing will ever compare
To be close to Him
Knowing His heart
Holding His hand
Walking with Him
Through sorrow and suffering
And all He allows
Listening to His voice
Finding Him close
He is above all
Holding you up
That you might not fall
Oh such a glorious day
Impossible and yet
What a wonderful way!
To walk always with Him
Day after day and year after year
His Spirit overflowing within
He knows your deepest need
He cares for you so much more
He sees, He knows
He is the Only One who will truly
Ever
Only
Satisfy
