2013/08/07 – Devotional

MY WORRY

A little bitty worry

Started early in the day,

By noon, it seemed my worry

Hovered, standing in my way;

The things and thoughts I should have had

Got buried in my mind,

Until my little worry turned

Into the horrid kind,

By bedtime, I was frantic—

What to do, oh, what to do!

And then I couldn’t go to sleep,

For worrying—fretting, too.

By morning I was almost sick,

When suddenly and soon,

My worry had been all worked out

Before the toll of noon;

Then I looked back and saw my worry

Just for what it was—

A thing that didn’t happen,

As a worry seldom does.

Bonnie Daisy Nelson

A Garden of Poems
from the Salesian Collection

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August 7, 2013 Posted by Mike Cunningham Categories: Devotions 2 comments

2 Responses to “2013/08/07 – Devotional”

• Peg Pratt says:

  August 7, 2013 at 9:17 am

  YES, A GOOD ONE FOR ME I used to tell my grand daughters when they were struggling with exams in college “worrying is like rocking in a rocking chair, It gives you something to do but gets you nowhere.” That quote came from that nice little book that you sent for me. I should listen to those good words myself.

  Peg

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• Missy Marsh says:

  February 20, 2014 at 7:05 pm

  Dear Mike,

  Thank you very much! I loved the poem about worry, it is so true. I’ve been working on my faith a lot, but this kind of threw me and it is a big comfort to know I’m being prayed for. My surgery has already been scheduled for March 7th.

  Again, thank you so much for being there and for praying for me. Chris and Jordan send their love!

  Love,
  Missy

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