The Power Of Love

THE POWER OF LOVE

BY HELEN STEINER RICE



THERE IS NO THINKING PERSON
WHO CAN STAND UNTOUCHED TODAY
AND VIEW THE WORLD AROUND US
DRIFTING DOWNWARD TO DECAY
WITHOUT FEELING DEEP WITHIN THEM
A SILENT UNNAMED DREAD,
WONDERING HOW TO STEM THE CHAOS
THAT LIES FRIGHTFULLY AHEAD...
BUT THE PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING
CANNOT HUMANLY BE SOLVED
FOR OUR DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY
ONLY GETS US MORE INVOLVED
AND OUR SKILLFUL INGENUITY,
OUR TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
CAN NEVER CHANGE A SINFUL HEART
FILLED WITH HATRED AND DEFIANCE...
SO OUR PROBLEMS KEEP ON GROWING
EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY
AS MAN VAINLY TRIES TO SOLVE THEM
IN HIS OWN SELF-WILLFUL WAY...
BUT MAN IS POWERLESS ALONE
TO CLEAN UP THE WORLD OUTSIDE
UNTIL HIS OWN POLLUTED SOUL
IS CLEAN AND FREE INSIDE...
FOR THE AMAZING POWER OF LOVE
IS BEYOND ALL COMPREHENSION
AND IT ALONE CAN HEAL THIS WORLD
OF ITS HATRED AND DISSENSION.





I RAISE MY VOICE IN PRAISE
AND TELL OF ALL THE MIRACLES YOU HAVE DONE.



PSALM 26:7
NCV



THAT I MAY PROCLAIM WITH
THE VOICE OF THANKSGIVING
AND DECLARE ALL THY WONDERS.



PSALM 26:7
NAS



THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD,
AND THE SKY DISPLAYS
WHAT HIS HANDS HAVE MADE.



PSALM 19:1
GOD'S WORD



SING TO THE LORD, BLESS HIS NAME;
PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS OF HIS
SALVATION FROM DAY TO DAY.



PSALM 96:2
NKJV



I HAVE NOT KEPT THIS GOOD NEWS
HIDDEN IN MY HEART, BUT HAVE
PROCLAIMED YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS
AND TRUTH TO ALL THE CONGREGATION.



PSALM 40:10
TLB