Jaye Lewis - Just For Today Poem

This poem is published in
"Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul: Daily Inspirations"

Lord, just for today, I will not fight You,
Nor anticipate Your desires for me.
Just for today, I will be happy
Doing Your will, instead of my own.

Just for today, I will laugh more, and complain less.
Just for today, I will not only count,
But see, my blessings.
I will remember that home is heart, And not hearth.

Just for today, I will not belittle myself;
Goodness knows, there are plenty of others To do that for me.
Just for today, I will remember that I am a child of God,
And that in belittling myself,
I belittle the One who made me.

Just for today, I will remember that You are not only with me,
But that You are holding me close.
Just for today, I will feel special to myself;
And I will love me, even as You have loved me.

Just for today, The only person I will rescue is myself.
I will not try to save the world, just for today.
Just for today, I will feel peace;
Knowing that there is Someone greater than I
To deal with my problems.

Just for today, I will allow You to be God. I will be Your reflection.
I will not try to create You in my image.
Just for today, I will cease to block Your love,
And I will allow the passion within me,
To embrace the lover of my soul.

Just for today, I will remember the little child within me.
Just for today, I will take that child out to play.
Just for today, I will have hope in You,
And in my ability to do Your will.

Just for today, I will let You be in control.
I will let You know more than I.
I will let You be in charge of my troubles.
Just for today, I won't have any.

Just for today, I will not hate.
Just for today, I will forgive the one who hurt me.