Return to Home Page Return to Anne Margetson Index FREE FROM PAIN When through life we tread, In bright sunshine or in rain, Do we ever appreciate being Free from hurt, free from pain? In life's journey all are given In varying degrees, pain. Pain of body, pain of heart, Pain of soul, joy to gain. Joy of feeling one bright morn No hurt of body, heart or soul, The feeling being free from pain, For a short time we are whole. We should always try to realize We do have need to suffer In all our walks in life, For then a simple prayer to offer When all hurts go far away. Even thank God for pain, For how can we appreciate A painless body once again If we never have had to cry, Never had pain to weaken Our frail body, never look to sky And pray for relief to come. Then with joy incalculable Thank your God above For your pain free body, Given to you by a God of love. M Ann Margetson May 6 1998 ©