Murmurs

Therefore go, my son, and thou shalt be favored of the Lord, because thou hast not murmured.
First Nephi. Chapter Three. Verse 6.

Like a mule hitched to the plow,

I will not move -- not anyhow.

The work ahead is too darn hard;

so I murmur and discard

opportunities to serve

and from blessings blithely swerve.

If thy favor I would gain

I must plow through grief and pain;

try and fail, then try again --

such is how God deals with men.

Men, who like the dogged mule,

decidedly will act the fool.

Give me strength, O Holy One,

that doubts and murmurs I may shun!