Put Your Soul In God's Control

PUT YOUR SOUL IN GOD'S CONTROL

by HELEN STEINER RICE



MANY TRIALS AND TROUBLES
ARE SCATTERED ON OUR WAY,
DAILY LITTLE CROSSES
ARE A PART OF EVERY DAY...
BUT THE TROUBLES WE HAVE SUFFERED
ARE OVER, PASSED, AND THROUGH,
SO WHY SHOULD BYGONE HAPPENINGS
KEEP ON GRAVELY TROUBLING YOU...
AND THE PROBLEMS THAT BESET US
IN THE NOW AND PRESENT HOUR
WE NEED NOT TRY TO SOLVE ALONE
WITHOUT GOD'S GRACE AND POWER
AND THOSE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW
STILL BELONG TO GOD ALONE-
THEY ARE STILL UNBORN AND FORMLESS
AND A PART OF THE UNKNOWN...
SO LET US FACE THE TROUBLE
THAT IS OURS THIS PRESENT MINUTE
AND COUNT ON GOD TO HELP US
AND PUT HIS MERCY IN IT
AND FORGET THE PAST AND FUTURE
AND DWELL WHOLLY ON TODAY,
FOR GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
AND HE WILL DIRECT OUR WAY.







TRUST THE LORD, AND DO GOOD THINGS.
LIVE IN THE LAND, AND PRACTICE BEING FAITHFUL.



PSALM 37:3
GOD'S WORD



O LOVE THE LORD, ALL YOU
HIS GODLY ONES!
THE LORD PRESERVES THE FAITHFUL
AND FULLY RECOMPENSES THE PROUD DOER.



PSALM 31:2-3
NAS



O TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD;
HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO TAKE REFUGE IN HIM.



PSALM 34;8
NRSV



DIRECT MY STEPS BY YOUR WORD,
AND LET NO INIQUITY HAVE DOMINION OVER ME.



PSALM 119:133
NKJV



LEAD ME IN THY TRUTH AND TEACH ME,
FOR THOU ART THE GOD OF MY SALVATION;
FOR THEE I WAIT ALL THE DAY.



PSALM 25:5
NAS



NOW TEACH ME GOOD JUDGMENT
AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE.
FOR YOUR LAWS ARE MY GUIDE.



PSALM 119:66
TLB



DO NOT BE FAR FROM ME,
FOR TROUBLE IS NEAR
AND THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP.



PSALM 22:11
NIV



FOR THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD.
HE IS ALWAYS LOVING AND KIND,
AND HIS FAITHFULNESS GOES ON AND
ON TO EACH SUCCEEDING GENERATION.



PSALM 100:5
TLB