The Best Medication Is Meditation

THE BEST MEDICATION IS MEDITATION

by HELEN STEINER RICE



IF YOUR"SOUL IS SICK"
AND YOUR "HEART IS SAD"
AND THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
BEGIN TO LOOK BAD,
DON'T BE TOO SURE
THAT YOU'RE PHYSICALLY ILL
AND RUN TO THE DOCTOR
FOR A SEDATIVE PILL...
FOR NOTHING CAN HEAL
A "SOUL THAT IS SICK"
OR GUARANTEE A CURE
AS COMPLETE AND QUICK
AS A HEART-TO-HEART TALK
WITH GOD AND HIS SON,
WHO ON THE SHORES OF THE GALILEE
JUST SAID "THY WILL BE DONE"...
SO, WHEN YOU'RE FEELING DOWNCAST,
SEEK GOD IN MEDITATION,
FOR A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS
IS UNFAILING MEDICATION.







CREATE IN ME A PURE HEART, O GOD,
AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME.



PSALM 51:10
NIV



HE WILL NOT FEAR EVIL TIDINGS;
HIS HEART IS STEADFAST,
TRUSTING IN THE LORD.



PSALM 112:7
NAS



POUR OUT YOUR UNFAILING LOVE
ON THOSE WHO KNOW YOU!
NEVER STOP GIVING YOUR
SALVATION TO THOSE WHO
LONG TO DO YOUR WILL.



PSALM 36:10
TLB



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



AND I SHALL LIVE BEFORE THE LORD FOREVER.
OH, SEND YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS AND TRUTH
TO GUARD AND WATCH OVER ME.



PSALM 61:7
TLB



THE LORD KEEPS WATCH OVER YOU AS YOU
COME AND GO, BOTH NOW AND FOREVER.



PSALM 121:8
NLT



TEACH US TO NUMBER EACH OF OUR DAYS
SO THAT WE MAY GROW IN WISDOM.



PSALM 90:12
GOD'S WORD



BECAUSE YOUR STEADFAST LOVE
IS BETTER THAN LIFE,
MY LIPS WILL PRAISE YOU.



PSALM 63:3
NRSV