This Too Shall Pass
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be-
If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me-
If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too-
Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all of the chains
That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear-
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near. …
-Helen Steiner Rice
Listen in Silence if You Would Hear (Helen S Rice)
Silently the green leaves grow
In silence falls the soft, white snow
Silently the flowers bloom
In silence the sunshine fills a room
Silently bright stars appear
In silence velvet night draws near ....
And silently GOD enters in
To free a troubled heart from sin
For GOD works silently in lives
For nothing spiritual survives
Amid the din of a noisy street
Where raucous crowds with hurried feet
And "blinded eyes" and "deafened ears"
Are never privileged to hear
The message GOD wants to impart
To every troubled, weary heart
For only in a QUIET PLACE
Can a man behold GOD FACE TO FACE!
When Trouble Comes and Things Go Wrong (Helen S. Rice)
Let us go quietly to God when trouble come to us,
Let us never stop to whimper or complain and fret and fuss,
Let us hide"our thorns" in "roses" and our sighs in "golden song"
And "our crosses" in a "crown of smiles" whenever things go wrong
For no one can really help us as our troubles bemoan,
For COMFORT, HELP and INNER PEACE MUST COME FROM GOD ALONE .....
So do not tell your neighbor, your companion or your friend
In the hope that they can help you bring your troubles to an end ...
For they too have their problems, they are burdened just like you,
So TAKE YOUR CROSS TO JESUS and HE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH ....
And waste no time in crying on the shoulder of a friend
But go directly to the Lord for on Him you can depend ....
For there's absolutely NOTHING that His mighty hand can't do
And He never is too busy to help and comfort you.
It Takes the Bitter & Sweet to Make a Life Full & Complete ( Helen S Rice)
Life is a mixture
of sunshine and rain,
Laughter and teardrops,
pleasures and pain --
Low tides and high tides,
mountains and plains.
Triumphs, defeats
and losses and gains --
But ALWAYS in ALL WAYS
God's guiding and leading
And He alone knows
the things we're most needing --
And when He sends sorrow
or some dreaded affliction
Be sure that it comes
with God's kind benediction --
If we accept it
as a GIFT OF HIS LOVE
We'll be showered with blessings
from OUR FATHER ABOVE.
A NOte to GOD
God never draws a plan without a promise.
Never puts a path without a pointer,
and never sets a life without a purpose.
Thank you Lord for giving me my wonderful parents and my equally wonderful friends..
Thank you for the gift of wisdom and the gift of abundant love.
Thank you for all the good things you had given me in this life and for all the trials you had let me go through.
They made me better, stronger and humble.
But above all thank you Lord for the greatest gift you had given me-
my life..
For the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory is yours.
Now and Forever.

