"DEAR FRIENDS"
by HELEN STEINER RICE WE ALL NEED WORDS TO LIVE BY,
TO INSPIRE US AND GUIDE US,
WORDS TO GIVE US COURAGE
WHEN THE TRIALS OF LIFE BETIDE US-
AND THE WORDS THAT NEVER FAIL US
ARE THE WORDS OF GOD ABOVE,
WORDS OF COMFORT AND OF COURAGE
FILLED WITH WISDOM AND WITH LOVE-
THEY ARE AGELESS AND ENDURING
THEY HAVE LIVED THROUGH GENERATIONS,
THERE'S NO QUESTION LEFT UNANSWERED
IN OUR FATHER'S REVELATIONS-
AND IN THIS EVER-CHANGING WORLD
GOD'S WORDS REMAIN UNCHANGED,
FOR THOUGH THROUGH COUNTLESS AGES
THEY'VE BEEN OFTEN REARRANGED,
THE TRUTH SHINES THROUGH ALL CHANGES
JUST AS BRIGHT TODAY AS WHEN
OUR FATHER MADE THE UNIVERSE
AND BREATHED HIS LIFE IN MEN-
AND THE WORDS OF INSPIRATION
THAT I WRITE FOR YOU TODAY
ARE JUST THE OLD ENDURING TRUTHS
SAID IN A RHYTHMIC WAY-
AND IF MY "BORROWED WORDS OF TRUTH"
IN SOME WAY TOUCH YOUR HEART,
THEN I AM DEEPLY THANKFUL
TO HAVE HAD A LITTLE PART
IN SHARING THESE GOD-GIVEN LINES,
AND I HOPE YOU'LL SHARE THEM, TOO,
WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES
AND ALL THOSE DEAR TO YOU. Have a Happy New Year. God bless you in all that you do.
STORMS BRING OUT THE EAGLES BUT THE LITTLE BIRDS TAKE COVER
by HELEN STEINER RICE
WHEN THE "STORMS OF LIFE" GATHER DARKLY AHEAD, I THINK OF THESE WONDERFUL WORDS I ONCE READ AND I SAY TO MYSELF AS "THREATING CLOUDS" HOVER DON'T "FOLD UP YOUR WINGS" AND "RUN FOR COVER" BUT LIKE THE EAGLE "SPREAD WIDE YOUR WINGS" AND "SOAR FAR ABOVE" THE TROUBLES LIFE BRINGS FOR THE EAGLE KNOWS THAT THE HIGHER HE FLIES THE MORE TRANQUIL AND BRIGHTER BECOME THE SKIES... AND THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE GOD EVER ASKS US TO BEAR THAT WE CAN'T SOAR ABOVE "ON THE WINGS OF PRAYER," AND LOOKING BACK OVER THE "STORM YOU PASSED THROUGH" YOU'LL FIND YOU GAINED STRENGTH AND NEW COURAGE, TOO, FOR IN FACING "LIFES STORMS" WITH AN EAGLE'S WINGS YOU CAN FLY FAR ABOVE EARTH'S SMALL, PETTY THINGS.
...THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH, THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES...
ISAIAH 40:31
DON'T QUIT
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG AS THEY SOMETIMES WILL, WHEN THE ROAD YOU'RE TRUDGING SEEMS ALL UP HILL, WHEN THE FUNDS ARE LOW, AND THE DEPTS ARE HIGH, AND YOU WANT TO SMILE, BUT YOU HAVE TO SIGH, WHEN CARE IS PRESSING YOU DOWN A BIT, REST IF YOU MUST, BUT DON'T YOU QUIT.
LIFE IS ODD WITH ITS TWISTS AND TURNS, AS EVERYONE OF US SOMETIMES LEARNS AND MANY A FAILURE TURNS ABOUT, WHEN HE MIGHT HAVE WON HAD HE STUCK IT OUT. DONT GIVE UP THOUGH THE PACE SEEMS SLOW, YOU MAY SUCCEED WITH ANOTHER BLOW.
SUCCESS IS FAILURE TURNED INSIDE OUT, THE SILVER TINT OF THE CLOUDS OF DOUBT, AND YOU NEVER CAN TELL HOW CLOSE YOU ARE. IT MAY BE NEAR WHEN IT SEEMS SO FAR. SO STICK TO THE FIGHT WHEN YOU'RE HARDEST HIT. IT'S WHEN THINGS SEEM WORST THAT YOU MUST NOT QUIT.
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