Sitting in my easy chair
Ready for a break;
A fly kept buzzing by my head
And Keeping me awake.

I swatted at that little pest
Who dared to bother me.
Thinking, "What a worthless bug!"
I'm sure you would agree.

I battled it for half an hour
Frustrated as can be.
The time I fought with that small beast
Had seemed eternity.

At last I ceased to hope at all
Of getting any rest;
Mad as heck and near to tears,
He'd put me to the test.

Right beside my easy chair
Sitting on a stand,
I spied my Bible, God's good Word,
And his eternal plan.

I picked it up; began to read
Of Jesus and his power.
God instructed on his love
For almost one whole hour.

Putting down God's word at last
T'was very plain to see;
God had used that little pest
To show his word to me!

What joy to know that Jesus Christ,
The Lord of power and might
Would send his gentle love to me
In the form of one small fly.

Now, when irritations come:
An ache, a pain, a pest;
I realize my Lord calls me
To fellowship and rest.
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