Do You Believe?

DO YOU BELIEVE?

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WHEN THE WAY SEEMS LONG AND THE DAY IS DARK
AND WE CAN'T HEAR THE SONG OF THE THRUSH OR THE LARK,
AND OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY WITH WORRY AND CARE,
AND WE ARE LOST IN THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR,
THAT IS THE TIME WHEN FAITH ALONE
CAN LEAD US OUT OF THE DARK UNKNOWN.
FOR FAITH TO BELIEVE WHEN THE WAY IS ROUGH
AND FAITH TO HANG ON WHEN THE GOING IS TOUGH
WILL NEVER FAIL TO PULL US THROUGH
AND BRING US STRENGTH AND COMFORT TOO.
FOR ALL WE REALLY EVER NEED
IS FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED,
FOR ALL GOD ASKS IS DO YOU BELIEVE-
FOR IF YOU DO YOU SHALL RECEIVE.





NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU THAT IS
NOT COMMON TO MAN. GOD IS FAITHFUL, AND
HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND
YOUR STRENGTH, BUT WITH THE TEMPTATION
WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE WAY OF ESCAPE, THAT
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ENDURE IT.



1 CORINTHIANS 10:13







PRAISE BE TO THE LORD,
FOR HE SHOWED HIS WONDERFUL LOVE TO ME
WHEN I WAS IN A BESIEGED CITY.



PSALM 31:21
NIV



THE LORD LOVES JUSTICE,
AND HE WILL NOT ABANDON
HIS GODLY ONES.
THEY WILL BE KEPT SAFE FOREVER,
BUT THE DESCENDANTS OF WICKED
PEOPLE WILL BE CUT OFF.



PSALM 37:28
GOD'S WORD



I WILL LIE DOWN IN PEACE AND SLEEP,
FOR YOU ALONE, O LORD, WILL KEEP ME SAFE.



PSALM 4:8
NLT



DO NOT, O LORD,
WITHHOLD YOUR MERCY FROM ME;
LET YOUR STEADFAST LOVE
AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS
KEEP ME SAFE FOREVER.



PSALM 40:11
NRSV



DO NOT REMEMBER THE SINS OF MY YOUTH
OR MY REBELLIOUS WAYS.
REMEMBER ME, O LORD, IN KEEPING WITH
YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GOODNESS.



PSALM 25:7
GOD'S WORD



BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A
GOD MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS,
SLOW TO ANGER AND ABUNDANT
IN LOVINGKINDNESS AND TRUTH.



PSALM 86:15
NAS



BUT I HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR MERCY;
MY HEART SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION.



PSALM 13:5
NKJV



HELP US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION,
FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME;
DELIVER US, AND FORGIVE OUR SINS,
FOR YOUR NAME'S SAKE.



PSALM 79:9
NRSV