What is my body telling me?
What can I do to prevent the pain?
How can I make it go away?
Many times, my body cries out
and makes me stop and rest.
Sometimes, I take inventory
asking what can I do to make life easier?
There is usually something stressful going on...
just part of living.
What can I do to reduce the stress?
I try to adjust and adapt.
Maybe I do need to slow down
and take better care of myself
by not doing too much and doing the things I enjoy.
What else can I do?
I turn on the TV; listening to a church service
as the words of a song strike a cord:
"There is strength in the name of the Lord.
There is power in the name of the Lord.
There is hope in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."
Another song follows soon after:
"Lord open my life to You."
These were the only words I could distinguish
but the message was clear:
Ask for Help.
Go to God with my questions
and He will provide the answers.
I've been trying to reach out to hear.
I need to reach inward to listen.
God, Help me!!!
Marilyn Dixon Pfanstiel
Sept. 9, 2001
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