Tally Your Blessings Poem by Tom Zart

God may place us in deep waters
But He doesn't wish us to drown.
Adversity shows us ourselves
As to others we smile or frown.


There's no better teacher in life
Than the troubles which come our way.
Adversity strengthens our mind
As we think what to do and say.

Constant success shows but one side
Of the world we find ourselves in.
Adversity teaches us all
That people love, hate, lust and sin.

Adversity and its hardships bring us closer to Jesus
When God is the source of our every need
When we count on the Lord and trust His will
We are able to overcome foulness, temptation and greed.

We think highly of those who create
Goodness and beauty around them.
But those who squander their lives away
Our predictions for them are grim.

No one finds peace from serving themselves
Contentment takes love by our unselfish concern.
The more we repent and regret our wrongs
The more we are able to retain what we learn.

So tally your blessings and be thankful to God
And remember there are those who wish, they were you.
Satisfaction and love are what mortal's pray for
Though the lucky among us, who feel both, are few.

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