EVERYONE NEEDS
SOMEONE
by HELEN STEINER RICE
PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE AND FRIENDS NEED FRIENDS,
AND WE ALL NEED LOVE, FOR A FULL LIFE DEPENDS
NOT ON VAST RICHES OR GREAT ACCLAIM,
NOT ON SUCCESS OR WORDLY FAME,
BUT ON JUST KNOWING THAT SOMEONE CARES
AND HOLDS US CLOSE IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS,
FOR ONLY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTOOD
MAKES EVERYDAY LIVING FEEL WONDERFULLY GOOD.
AND WE ROB OURSELVES OF LIFE'S GREATEST NEED
WHEN WE LOCK UP OUR HEARTS AND FAIL TO HEED
THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND REACHING TO FIND
A KINDRED SPIRIT WHOSE HEART AND MIND
ARE LONELY AND LONGING TO SOMEHOW SHARE
OUR JOYS AND SORROWS AND TO MAKE US AWARE
THAT LIFE'S COMPLETENESS AND RICHNESS DEPEND
ON THE THINGS WE SHARE WITH OUR LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS.
MY STRONG LOVE FOR YOUR TEMPLE
COMPLETELY CONTROLS ME.
WHEN PEOPLE INSULT YOU, IT HURTS ME.
PSALM 69:9
NCV
I WILL TALK TO OTHERS ALL DAY LONG
ABOUT YOUR JUSTICE AND YOUR GOODNESS.
FOR ALL WHO TRIED TO HURT ME HAVE BEEN
DISGRACED AND DISHONORED.
PSALM 71:24
TLB
I HAVE BECOME AN EXAMPLE TO MANY PEOPLE,
BUT YOU ARE MY STRONG REFUGE.
PSALM 71:7
GOD'S WORD
FOR YOU HAVE BEEN A SHELTER FOR ME,
A STRONG TOWER FROM THE ENEMY.
PSALM 61:3
NKJV
YOUR PROMISES HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED;
THAT IS WHY I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
PSALM 119:140
NLT
THOU HAST TRIED MY HEART;
THOU HAST VISITED ME BY NIGHT;
THOU HAST TESTED ME AND DOST FIND NOTHING;
I HAVE PURPOSED THAT MY MOUTH WILL NOT TRANSGRESS.
PSALM 17:3
NAS
THE PROMISES OF THE LORD ARE
PROMISES THAT ARE PURE,
SILVER REFINED IN A FURNACE ON THE GROUND,
PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES.
PSALM 12:6
NRSV
FOR YOU, O GOD, HAVE TESTED US;
YOU HAVE REFINED US AS SILVER IS REFINED.
PSALM 66:10
NKJV
I AM TRUSTING GOD- OH, PRAISE HIS
PROMISES! I AM NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING
MERE MAN CAN DO TO ME! YES, PRAISE HIS PROMISES.
PSALM 56:10-11
TLB
YOUR KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM,
AND YOUR DOMINION ENDURES THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS.
THE LORD IS FAITHFUL TO ALL HIS PROMISES
AND LOVING TOWARD ALL HE HAS MADE.
PSALM 145:13
NIV
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