Storms Bring Out The Eagles, But The Little Birds Take Cover

STORMS BRING OUT THE EAGLES
BUT THE LITTLE BIRDS TAKE COVER

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WHEN THE "STORMS OF LIFE"
GATHER DARKLY AHEAD,
I THINK OF THESE WONDERFUL WORDS
I ONCE READ
AND I SAY TO MYSELF
AS "THREATING CLOUDS" HOVER
DON'T "FOLD UP YOUR WINGS"
AND "RUN FOR COVER"
BUT LIKE THE EAGLE
"SPREAD WIDE YOUR WINGS"
AND "SOAR FAR ABOVE"
THE TROUBLES LIFE BRINGS
FOR THE EAGLE KNOWS
THAT THE HIGHER HE FLIES
THE MORE TRANQUIL AND BRIGHTER
BECOME THE SKIES...
AND THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE
GOD EVER ASKS US TO BEAR
THAT WE CAN'T SOAR ABOVE
"ON THE WINGS OF PRAYER,"
AND LOOKING BACK OVER
THE "STORM YOU PASSED THROUGH"
YOU'LL FIND YOU GAINED STRENGTH
AND NEW COURAGE, TOO,
FOR IN FACING "LIFES STORMS"
WITH AN EAGLE'S WINGS
YOU CAN FLY FAR ABOVE
EARTH'S SMALL, PETTY THINGS.



...THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD
SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH, THEY SHALL
MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES...

ISAIAH 40:31





DO NOT WITHHOLD YOUR TENDER
MERCIES FROM ME. O LORD;
LET YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS AND
YOUR TRUTH CONTINUALLY PRESERVE ME.



PSALM 40:11
NKJV



REMEMBER, O LORD, YOUR GREAT MERCY AND LOVE,
FOR THEY ARE FROM OF OLD.



PSALM 25:6
NIV



BUT I TRUSTED IN YOUR STEADFAST LOVE;
MY HEART SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION.



PSALM 13:5
NRSV



THE LORD LEADS WITH UNFAILING LOVE
AND FAITHFULNESS
ALL THOSE WHO KEEP HIS COVENANT
AND OBEY HIS DECREES.



PSALM 25:10
NLT

WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THY LOVINGKINDNESS,
O GOD, IN THE MIDST OF THY TEMPLE.





PSALM 48:9
KJV