Busy Days

Oh, for wisdom to know ...what clutter to cut out of our lives
                                        ...when to put on the brakes
                                        ...what is on God's 'to do' list for our lives

I was feeling overwhelmed last night when I picked up a little book of poems from my bookcase and read this poem. It was just what I needed.

So Swift the Way!

So Short the Day!

by Helen Steiner Rice

In this fast-moving world

of turmoil and tension,

With problems and troubles,

too many to mention,

Our days are so crowded 

and our hours are so few,

There's So Little Time

and So Much to Do...

We are pressured and pushed 

until we are 'dizzy',

There's never a minute 

we're not crazily busy',

And sometimes we wonder

as we rush through the day--

Does God Really Want Us

To Hurry This Way?

Why are we impatient

and continually vexed,

And often bewildered,

disturbed and perplexed?

Perhaps we're too busy

with our own selfish seeking

To hear the dear Lord 

when He's tenderly speaking...

We are working so tensely

in our self-centered way,

We've no time for listening

to what God has to say,

And hard as we work,

at the end of the day

We know in our hearts

we did not 'pay our way'...

But God in His mercy

looks down on us all,

And though what we've done 

is so pitifully small,

He makes us feel welcome

to kneel down and pray

For the chance to do better

as we start a new day,

And life would be better 

if we learned to rely

On our Father in heaven

without asking 'Why'

And if we'd remember 

as we rush through the day,

'The Lord is Our Shepherd

and He'll Lead The Way'...

So don't rush ahead

in reckless endeavour,

Remember 'He Leadeth'
 and ''Time is Forever'!