How To Find Peace Of MInd

HOW TO FIND
PEACE OF MIND

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WE LISTEN TO THE NEWSCASTS THAT
COME DAILY TO OUR EARS,
WE READ ALARMING HEADLINES THAT
INTENSIFY OUR FEARS,
WE GROW MORE AND MORE DISSATISFIED
AND FEEL LESS AND LESS SECURE
AS OUR DAYS BECOME MORE ANXIOUS AND
THE FUTURE MORE UNSURE-
FOR WITH VIOLENCE AND DISSENSION
AND CHAOS ALL AROUND
WE NO LONGER FEEL WITH CERTAINTY THAT
WE STAND ON SOLID GROUND-
BUT IN PLACE OF READING HEADLINES THAT
DISTURB OUR PEACE OF MIND
WE SHOULD ONCE MORE READ THE BIBLE
AND ON ITS PAGES WE WOULD FIND
THAT THIS AGE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM
THE MILLIONS GONE BEFORE
AND THAT IN EVERY HOUR OF CRISIS
GOD HAS OPENED UP A DOOR
TO ALL WHO SEEK HIS GUIDANCE
AND TRUST HIS ALL-WISE PLAN,
FOR GOD PROVIDES PROTECTION
BEYOND THAT DEVISED BY MAN-
AND WHILE GOD'S ALMIGHTY POWER
IS NOT OURS TO UNDERSTAND,
WE KNOW WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE AND WE
KNOW WHO HOLDS OUR HAND-
AND TO HAVE THE STEADFAST KNOWLEDGE
THAT WE NEVER WALK ALONE
AND TO REST IN THE ASSURANCE THAT
OUR EVERY NEED IS KNOWN
WILL HELP DISPEL OUR WORRIES AND
IN TRUSTING HIM WE'LL FIND
RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS GOD
CAN GIVE US PEACE OF MIND!









BUT I TRUST IN YOUR UNFAILING LOVE,
I WILL REJOICE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
RESCUED ME.




PSALM 13:5
NLT



SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS, AND SOME
IN HORSES: BUT WE WILL REMEMBER
THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD.




PSALM 20:7
KJV



EVEN WHEN I AM AFRAID,
I WILL TRUST YOU.




PSALM 56:3
GOD'S WORD



TRUST IN THE LORD AND DO GOOD;
SO YOU WILL LIVE IN THE LAND, AND
ENJOY SECURITY.




PSALM 37:3
NRSV



HE WILL TAKE ALL POWER AWAY FROM THE WICKED,
BUT THE POWER OF GOOD PEOPLE WILL GROW.




PSALM 75:10
NCV



SAY TO GOD, "HOW AWESOME ARE YOUR DEEDS!
SO GREAT IS YOUR POWER THAT YOUR ENEMIES
CRINGE BEFORE YOU.
ALL THE EARTH BOWS DOWN TO YOU;
THEY SING PRAISE TO YOU, THEY SING PRAISE TO YOUR NAME."




PSALM 66:3-4
NIV



BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR POWER;
YES, I WILL SING ALOUD OF YOUR
MERCY IN THE MORNING;
FOR YOU HAVE BEEN MY DEFENSE
AND REFUGE IN THE DAY OF MY TROUBLE.




PSALM 59:16
NKJV



MANY SORROWS COME TO THE WICKED, BUT ABIDING
LOVE SURROUNDS THOSE WHO TRUST IN THE LORD.




PSALM 32:10
TLB