Getting Back in Focus

I borrowed a poem from another blog to post today.
I haven't been posting lately, because I've been a bit bogged down.
All good things, and important,...but throwing me off course a bit nonetheless.

When God has given us some tasks to do,
But life comes along demanding time too,
It sometimes seems hard to keep our goals straight
The urgent takes over. We miss out on the great.

Lord, keep us always attuned to your will
Teach us to manage our time well until
When we finish our day we'll know we have run
The race as you've called it, and your plan's been done!

H Harrison

Here is the poem posted by M. Hernandez at www.thoughtsselected.blogspot.com
that helped me today to come back into focus on what is important.

Don't Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out.
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are;
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

---Author Unknown

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."---The Bible