In God Is My Strength

"IN GOD IS MY STRENGTH"
by HELEN STEINER RICE



"LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVE EXCELLING"
MAKES MY "HUMBLED HEART"YOUR DWELLING,
FOR WITHOUT YOUR LOVE DIVINE
TOTAL DARKNESS WOULD BE MINE,
MY EARTHLY LOAD I COULD NOT BEAR
IF YOU WERE NOT THERE TO SHARE
ALL THE PAIN, DESPAIR, AND SORROW
THAT ALMOST MAKES ME DREAD TOMORROW,
FOR I AM OFTEN WEAK AND WEARY
AND LIFE IS DARK AND BLEAK AND DREARY...
BUT SOMEHOW WHEN I REALIZE
THAT HE WHO MADE THE SEA AND SKIES AND HOLDS
THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HAND
HAS MY "SMALL SOUL"IN HIS COMMAND,
IT GIVES ME STRENGTH TO TRY ONCE MORE
TO SOMEHOW REACH "THE HEAVENLY DOOR"
WHERE I WILL LIVE FOREVERMORE
WITH FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES I ADORE!







YET, YOU DESIRE TRUTH AND SINCERITY.
DEEP DOWN INSIDE ME YOU TEACH ME WISDOM.




PSALM 51:6
GOD'S WORD



SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS,
THAT WE MAY GAIN A HEART OF WISDOM.




PSALM 90:12
NKJV



THE LORD SAYS, "I WILL MAKE YOU WISE
AND SHOW YOU WHERE TO GO.
I WILL GUIDE YOU AND WATCH OVER YOU."




PSALM 32:8
NCV



MANY PEOPLE ASK,
"WHO WILL GIVE US ANYTHING GOOD?"
LORD, BE KIND TO US.




PSALM 4:6
NCV



COME, O LORD, AND MAKE ME WELL.
IN YOUR KINDNESS SAVE ME.




PSALM 6:4
TLB



THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS IN EVERYTHING HE DOES;
HE IS FILLED WITH KINDNESS.
THE LORD IS CLOSE TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM,
YES, TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM SINCERELY.




PSALM 145:17-18
NLT



GOOD AND UPRIGHT IS THE LORD;
THEREFORE HE INSTRUCTS SINNERS
IN THE WAY.




PSALM 25:8
NRSV



BE KIND TO ME SO THAT I MAY LIVE AND HOLD
ON TO YOUR WORD.
UNCOVER MY EYES SO THAT
I MAY SEE THE MIRACULOUS
THINGS IN YOUR TEACHINGS.




PSALM 119:17-18
GOD'S WORD



WHOEVER IS WISE, LET HIM HEED THESE THINGS
AND CONSIDER THE GREAT LOVE OF THE LORD.




PSALM 107:43
NIV