This Tiny Cross of Pain

This Tiny Cross of Pain


Though prayers for healing

seemed in vain ,

God helped me learn

to live with pain ;

To use the very

thing I dread

For closer walk

with Him instead ;



And how to lend

a listening ear

To those who hurt\
and shed a tear
of symapathy,
or press their hand –
worth more because
I understand .

Dear God ,if that’s
the only way
You’d have me serve
from day to day ,
please use this
tiny cross of pain
for others
and for Heavens’s gain !
Jan Bagwell
Jan Bagwell 5/10/92