Saving Me...

[revrandy]

Saving Me

I tossed and turned the night away
Trying to feel the comfort as I lay
But something pressed against me
Causing me great grief
For try as I might I could not sleep
Tossing and turning to the point of despair
I awoke to find a grain of sand lying there
It was amazing to me as large as I am
That a single grain of sand could move such a man
But that’s what problems do when we don’t move
A question of the mind, “what do we do?”
It’s amazing to think had I cleaned my bed
My head would be nestled in my pillowed nest
So let this be a lesson to me and you
Take care of the little problems before they take care of you.

rg

[tamor]

Good thought. Kind of like the princess and the pea.

[Felicity]

Originally Posted by revrandy

Saving Me

I tossed and turned the night away
Trying to feel the comfort as I lay
But something pressed against me
Causing me great grief
For try as I might I could not sleep
Tossing and turning to the point of despair
I awoke to find a grain of sand lying there
It was amazing to me as large as I am
That a single grain of sand could move such a man
But that’s what problems do when we don’t move
A question of the mind, “what do we do?”
It’s amazing to think had I cleaned my bed
My head would be nestled in my pillowed nest
So let this be a lesson to me and you
Take care of the little problems before they take care of you.

rg

Nice and so true. Came across this quote a little earlier........


"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its struggles; it empties today of its strength."

[StillStanding]

Originally Posted by Felicity

Nice and so true. Came across this quote a little earlier........


"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its struggles; it empties today of its strength."

Awesome quote! I will send this to Mrs. Pianoman as she is a worry wart!

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by Felicity

Nice and so true. Came across this quote a little earlier........


"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its struggles; it empties today of its strength."

That is one of my personal favorites. I have given up on worry. It serves no useful purpose, (except in very few, rare circumstances). I am fighting a battle right now, trying to teach my daughter this lesson. She is a worrier of monumental proportions. She wastes so much time worrying, and makes herself half sick over things that she cannot control. I am trying to get this concept through to her, it is a real struggle.

[revrandy]

Is worry sin?

I think so because it can bind...destroy and bring sickness...

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by revrandy

Is worry sin?

I think so because it can bind...destroy and bring sickness...

It definitely can become sin, I hesitate to just say "yes it is sin", I think we are far to slap-happy with that term, and cause people added stress, but worry can become a spirit that hangs over people and infects their lives. And that is not of God. "He has not given us the spirit of fear" IMO, that is what worry becomes.

[Felicity]

I think this scripture speaks to and rebukes worry.........

2Cr 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Felicity

Nice and so true. Came across this quote a little earlier........


"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its struggles; it empties today of its strength."

Originally Posted by revrandy

Is worry sin?

I think so because it can bind...destroy and bring sickness...

Originally Posted by Felicity

I think this scripture speaks to and rebukes worry.........

2Cr 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Amen!! A family friend was having open heart surgery a couple of weeks ago, and his wife told me she was worried.

I said, "So, you aren't praying then?!"

She smiled as she realized the truth that we can't worry and pray..."worry empties today of its strength!!"

Love it!!