Peace and Prayer

PEACE & PRAYER

by HELEN STEINER RICE



GOD PLACED THE PEACE HE PROMISED
INTO THE HANDS OF MAN,
BUT MAN HAS NEVER KEPT THAT PEACE
SINCE ENDLESS TIME BEGAN,
FOR WE HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD,
EITHER NOW OR THEN,
THAT PEACE COMES NOT THROUGH
BATTLES BUT DOING GOOD TO MEN.

AND WHEN WE MEET WITH STRANGERS
ALONG LIFE'S THOROUGHFARES,
BE NOT FORGETFUL THAT THEREBY
WE PASS ANGELS UNAWARES,
AND WHEN WE ARE AT PEACE WITH GOD,
THEN ONLY WE WILL FIND
THE PEACE ON EARTH HE PROMISED AND
ETERNAL PEACE OF MIND.






"PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU; MY PEACE I GIVE
TO YOU; NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE
TO YOU.
LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED,
NEITHER LET THEM BE AFRAID.
"



JOHN 14:27








MAKE YOUR FACE SHINE UPON YOUR SERVANT;
SAVE ME FOR YOUR MERCIES' SAKE.




PSALM 31:16
NKJV



RESTORE US, O GOD:
LET YOUR FACE SHINE,
THAT WE MAY BE SAVED.




PSALM 80:3
NRSV



ON EARTH PEOPLE WILL BE LOYAL TO GOD,
AND GOD'S GOODNESS WILL SHINE DOWN
FROM HEAVEN.




PSALM 85:11
NCV



THE LORD IS GOD,
AND HE HAS MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE UPON US,
WITH BOUGHS IN HAND, JOIN IN THE FESTAL
PROCESSION UP TO THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR.




PSALM 118:27
NIV