Go to God

GO TO GOD

by HELEN STEINER RICE



LET US GO QUIETLY TO GOD
WHEN TROUBLES COME TO US
LET US NEVER STOP TO WHIMPER
OR COMPLAIN OR FRET OR FUSS.
LET US HIDE OUR THORNS IN ROSES
AND OUR SIGHS IN GOLDEN SONG
AND OUR CROSSES IN A CROWN OF SMILES
WHENEVER THINGS GO WRONG,
FOR NO ONE CAN REALLY HELP US
AS OUR TROUBLES WE BEMOAN,
FOR COMFORT, HELP, AND INNER PEACE
MUST COME FROM GOD ALONE.
SO DO NOT TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR,
YOUR COMPANION, OR YOUR FRIEND
IN THE HOPE THAT THEY CAN HELP YOU
BRING YOUR TROUBLES TO AN END,
FOR THEY TOO HAVE THEIR PROBLEMS-
THEY ARE BURDENED JUST LIKE YOU-
SO TAKE YOUR CROSS TO JESUS
AND HE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.





TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
AND DO NOT RELY ON YOUR OWN INSIGHT.
IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM,
AND HE WILL MAKE STRAIGHT YOUR PATHS.



PROVERBS 3:5-6







FOR I HAVE SAID, "LOVINGKINDNESS
WILL BE BUILT UP FOREVER;
IN THE HEAVENS THOU WILL
ESTABLISH THY FAITHFULNESS."



PSALM 89:2
NAS



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



BUT KNOW THAT THE LORD HAS SET
APART THE FAITHFUL FOR HIMSELF;
THE LORD HEARS WHEN I CALL TO HIM.



PSALM 4:3
NRSV



LET ME LIVE IN YOUR HOLY TENT FOREVER.
LET ME FIND SAFETY IN THE SHELTER OF YOUR WINGS.



PSALM 61:4
NCV



BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR MIGHT;
I WILL SING ALOUD OF YOUR
STEADFAST LOVE IN THE MORNING.
FOR YOU HAVE BEEN A FORTRESS FOR ME
AND A REFUGE IN THE DAY OF MY DISTRESS.



PSALM 59:16
NRSV