So Swift the Way! So Short the Day!

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 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're 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 endeavor,
Remember "He leadeth" and "Time is Forever".

- D.S. Baker -

" It's not Length of Life but Depth of Life."