Small things

"For all these smallnesses I thank you, Lord:

Small children and small needs;
small meals to cook,
small talk to heed,
and a small book from which to read.
Small stories;
small hurts to heal,
small disappointments, too,as real as ours;
small glories to discover in bugs, pebbles, flowers.

When day is through my mind is small,
my strength is gone;
and as I gather each dear one I pray,
"Bless each for Jesus' sake -such angels sleeping, imps awake!"

What wears me out are little things:
angels minus shining wings.
Forgive me, Lord,if I have whined -
it takes so much to keep them shined;
yet each small rub,has its reward,
for they have blessed me.

Thank you,Lord."

~ Ruth Bell Graham