Not By The Years We Live But How Much We Give

NOT BY THE YEARS
WE LIVE
BUT HOW MUCH
WE GIVE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER
GOD WILL GLADLY GIVE
TO EVERYONE WHO SEEKS HIM
AND TRIES EACH DAY TO LIVE
A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY
TO GOD AND TO EACH OTHER,
SEEING EVERYONE WHO PASSES
AS A NEIGHBOR, FRIEND,
OR BROTHER,
NOT ONLY JOY AND HAPPINESS
BUT THE FAITH TO
MEET EACH TRIAL
NOT WITH FEAR AND TREPIDATION
BUT WITH AN "INNER SMILE"-
FOR WE KNOW LIFE'S
NEVER MEASURED
BY HOW MANY YEARS WE LIVE
BUT BY THE KINDLY
THINGS WE DO
AND THE HAPPINESS WE GIVE.







YOUR WORD, O LORD, IS ETERNAL;
IT STANDS FIRM IN THE HEAVENS.



PSALM 119:89
NIV



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



PSALM 13:5
NLT



THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF YOUR
TESTIMONIES IS EVERLASTING;
GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING,
AND I SHALL LIVE.



PSALM 119;144
NKJV



LORD YOUR KINGDOM WAS SET UP LONG AGO;
YOU ARE EVERLASTING.



PSALM 93:2
NCV



YOU DIVIDED THE SEA BY YOUR STRENGTH;
YOU BROKE THE HEADS OF THE SEA SERPENTS
IN THE WATERS.



PSALM 74:13
NKJV



BE THOU EXALTED, O LORD, IN THY STRENGTH;
WE WILL SING AND PRAISE THY POWER.



PSALM 21:13
NAS



YOU HAVE TURNED ON MY LIGHT! THE LORD
MY GOD HAS MADE MY DARKNESS TURN TO
LIGHT. NOW IN YOUR STRENGTH I CAN SCALE
ANY WALL, ATTACK ANY TROOP. WHAT A GOD
HE IS! HOW PERFECT IN EVERY WAY! ALL HIS
PROMISES PROVE TRUE. HE IS A SHIELD FOR
EVERYONE WHO HIDES BEHIND HIM.



PSALM 18:28-30
TLB



FOR HIS LOVINGKINDNESS IS
EVERLASTING.



PSALM 136:14
NAS