"I Don't Want to Worry"

© Oh Sparrow Music 2024. Corey Fleeman, Alex Fleeman, Chris Weldon.

"I Don't Want to Worry" was written on a covered porch in the midst of a rainstorm. The song focuses on the futility of anxiety and the importance of trusting in God's care.

We all long for a tranquil stability—to be firmly rooted, calmly flowing, weathering any storm—but our natural tendency is to needlessly fret about "things unseen or undone." The recurring refrain "I don't want to worry" underscores the overarching theme of surrendering our anxieties to God and finding fulfillment in His provision, timing, and call to love and serve others generously.

I don’t want to worry
About things unseen or undone
About my time under the sun
I don’t want to worry

I want peace like an oak tree
That’s rooted and settled in its form
It’s learned to weather any storm
I want to be like an oak tree

I don’t want to hurry
Running my life like a race
I want to find a steady pace
I don’t want to hurry

I want to rest like a river
Gently flow within my banks
Time and direction are my strength
I want to be like a river

I don’t want to waste it
Spending my life upon itself
Taking but never giving help
I don’t want to waste it

I want to give like a raincloud
Showering life as I go
Pleased to see the flowers grow
I want to be like a raincloud

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