Comparatively Easy - Re-posted

Oh Lord, my life has not been hard.

Though I have faced travail,
I’ve never lived life with the doubt
That I might not prevail.

There are so many who face death
Each day that they awake,
While I live in safety and ease
With every breath I take.

The woes I face are simple things,
Inconvenient at worst.
Yet “woe is me” still seems to be
The place that I go first. 

I don’t live with the threat of death
That many others know.
Yet, I tell myself life is hard
When, for me, that’s not so.  

So let me not lose sight of this.

When I fuss and complain,
Remind me that my life is free
Of the worst fear and pain. 

For self-pitying thoughts I've had
Now and again today,
I ask You for forgiveness, Lord.
Help me cast them away.