I cast my bread upon the waters and the tide rolled it away,
And as I stood on peaceful shore my heart in silence prayed.
Take it, my sweet Jesus, this meager gift for thee,
And one day there in glory, it will return to me.
Bread upon the waters,
Feed the sons and daughters,
Children of our Christ,
Feed them Bread of Life.
I took the passing things on loan and threw them to the wind,
Exchanged them for the purest gold, its value never ends.
And though they disappeared from sight, in faith their worth I’d find,
And like the stars in sky above, this gold would ever shine.
Bread upon the waters,
Feed the sons and daughters.
Children of the Christ,
Feed them Bread of Life.
Bread of Life for feeding, famished hungry souls,
Words of Christ when heeding, are words of finest gold.
When all we are, all we own, when we release, when we disown,
It returns to us in permanence, its glory will be known.
I gave the things I could not keep, for things I couldn’t lose,
The fleeting wealth of worldly goods, for what my Christ could use.
To build a mansion in paradise, the Carpenter sublime,
Can take the things we cast away and make them out last time.
Bread upon the waters
Feed the sons and daughters.
Children of the Christ,
Feed them Bread of Life.
Tertius
Cast your bread upon the waters,
for you will find it after many days.
Ecclesiastes 11:1 NKJV
I am the bread of life.
John 6:48
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.”
John 21:17
A note about “Bread Upon The Waters”: The mighty hammer of God’s Word keeps pounding away at the misconception in my little, hard, feeble mind that “what’s on loan, is really our own.” Job said, “The Lord gave and the Lord takes away.” There’s a country song that says, “You never see a tow hitch on a hearse.” But, what I like best is what Jim Elliot said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” These words are mighty powerful when you consider they came from one who died while in (and because of) the service of Jesus.