When you're under tension and it feels just like a broiler,
Chase self-pity from your door... it really is a spoiler!
If you're going through a lot, ask God to make you strong,
To help you shape your attitudes against that which is wrong.
Often we are tested far beyond our comfort zone,
But feeling sorry for ourselves just makes us moan and groan.
If we lean on Jesus when we think we cannot stand,
We have more ability to meet life's harsh demand.
He is there to buoy us up, to help us overcome,
To raise us up above the fray and all that makes us glum.
He will fill us with His might and make us versatile.
We can be triumphant even in life's toughest trial!
"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."
I Peter 4:12-13 KJV
© 2009 Arlene Schwartzkopf