You may have all this world; give me Jesus."  There's an old spiritual song with these words that carries such a melodic echo through my soul.  It's meaning is deep and multiplied.  Though I don't know its history without researching it, it has sweetly resonated through the ages and continues its almost haunting truth....all else is vanity, except for the tender and powerful love of Jesus.  I look at the world and what it offers and always come home to one final absolute: Eternal hope with the One who gave it all is really what we live and long for - even in this life of colorful distractions, comforts and temporary passions.  Life gives plenty to make our daily experiences more satisfying.  It sells us "things" that help with the very pain that it also offers.  The things that are different are the parts of life that God has created - simple - seasonally faithful - beautiful.  "Consider the lilies" as we read in the New Testament.  These have need of nothing except what God Himself provides in the rain, sunshine and soil.  These things, though they fade, seem to be as eternal as the promises God offers to us if we but choose Him.  The older I become, the more clear these truths become.  This world will fade.  He will not.  The question remains: Will we take the fleeting pleasures of today or will we accept a hope and love that has an ever established foundation?  Give me Jesus.