Understanding

UNDERSTANDING

by HELEN STEINER RICE



AMONG THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS
GIFTS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER SENDS
IS THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING THAT
WE FIND IN LOVING FRIENDS,
FOR IT'S NOT MONEY OR GIFTS OR MATERIAL THINGS,
BUT UNDERSTANDING AND THE JOY IT BRINGS,
THAT CAN CHANGE THIS OLD WORLD IN WONDERFUL WAYS
AND PUT GOODNESS AND MERCY BACK IN OUR DAYS.






GOD SAID TO [SOLOMON],
"BECAUSE YOU HAVE ASKED THIS,
AND HAVE NOT ASKED FOR YOURSELF
LONG LIFE OR RICHES OR THE LIFE OF
YOUR ENEMIES, BUT HAVE ASKED FOR
YOURSELF UNDERSTANDING TO DISCERN
WHAT IS RIGHT, BEHOLD, I NOW DO
ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.

BEHOLD, I GIVE YOU A WISE AND DISCERNING MIND,
SO THAT NONE LIKE YOU HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU
AND NONE LIKE YOU SHALL ARISE AFTER YOU.




1 KINGS 3:11-12







FOR MY LOVE THEY ARE MY ADVERSARIES:
BUT I GIVE MYSELF UNTO PRAYER.




PSALM 109:4
KJV



THE LORD WILL COMMAND
HIS LOVINGKINDNESS IN THE DAYTIME;
AND HIS SONG WILL BE WITH ME IN THE NIGHT,
A PRAYER TO THE GOD OF MY LIFE.




PSALM 42:8
NAS



THE LORD HAS HEARD MY SUPPLICATION;
THE LORD WILL RECEIVE MY PRAYER.




PSALM 6:9
NKJV



LISTEN TO MY PRAYER FOR MERCY
AS I CRY OUT TO YOU FOR HELP,
AS I LIFT MY HANDS TOWARD YOUR HOLY SANCYUARY.




PSALM 28:2
NLT