Why Am I Complaining?

WHY AM I COMPLAINING?

by HELEN STEINER RICE

MY CROSS IS NOT TOO HEAVY,

MY ROAD IS NOT TOO ROUGH,

BECAUSE GOD WALKS BESIDE ME

AND TO KNOW THIS IS ENOUGH.

AND THOUGH I GET SO LONELY,

I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE,

FOR THE LORD GOD IS MY FATHER

AND HE LOVES ME AS HIS OWN.

SO THOUGH I'M TIRED AND WEARY

AND I WISH MY RACE WERE RUN,

GOD WILL ONLY TERMINATE IT

WHEN MY WORK ON EARTH IS DONE.

SO LET ME STOP COMPLAINING

ABOUT MY LOAD OF CARE,

FOR GOD WILL ALWAYS LIGHTEN IT WHEN

IT GETS TOO MUCH TO BEAR.

AND IF HE DOES NOT EASE MY LOAD HE WILL

GIVE ME STRENGTH TO BEAR IT,

FOR GOD IN LOVE AND MERCY

IS ALWAYS NEAR TO SHARE IT.

IT TAKES A LOT OF LIVING TO FULLY REALIZE THAT

ALL GOD'S GREATEST BLESSINGS COME TO

US IN DISGUISE.

H.S.R.

PSALMS

I SAID TO THE LORD, "YOU ARE MY LORD.

EVERY GOOD THING I HAVE COMES FROM YOU."

PSALM 16:2

NCV

OH HOW GREAT IS THY GOODNESS,

WHICH THOU HAST LAID UP FOR THEM THAT FEAR THEE;

WHICH THOU HAST WROUGHT FOR THEM

THAT TRUST IN THEE BEFORE THE SONS OF MEN!

PSALM 31:19

KJV

I WILL CRY TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN

WHO DOES SUCH WONDERS FOR ME.

PSALM 57:2

TLB

YES, THE LORD WILL GIVE WHAT IS GOOD;

AND OUR LAND WILL YIELD ITS INCREASE.

RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL GO BEFORE HIM,

AND SHALL MAKE HIS FOOTSTEPS OUR PATHWAY.

PSALM 85:12-13

NKJV

DO NOT FRET BECAUSE OF THE WICKED;

DO NOT BE ENVIOUS OF WRONGDOERS,

FOR THEY WILL SOON FADE LIKE THE GRASS,

AND WITHER LIKE THE GREEN HERB.

PSALM 37:1-2

NRSV

ARISE, LORD! LIFT UP YOUR HAND, O GOD

DO NOT FORGET THE HELPLESS.

WHY DOES THE WICKED MAN REVILE GOD?

WHY DOES HE SAY TO HIMSELF,

"HE WON'T CALL ME TO ACCOUNT"?

BUT YOU, O GOD, DO SEE TROUBLE AND GRIEF.

PSALM 10:12-14

NIV