Pattern For Living

PATTERN FOR LIVING

by HELEN STEINER RICE



MORE THAN POEMS TO BE READ
JUST FOR PASTIME AND PLEASURE-
HERE'S A PATTERN FOR LIVING
TO FOLLOW AND TREASURE,
A WONDERFUL PROGRAM
TO PRACTICE EACH DAY
THAT WILL BRIGHTEN YOUR LIFE
AND MAKE EASY YOUR WAY.
FOR A WHILE IT'S BEEN SAID
THAT GOD'S HOLY LAWS
TODAY ARE OUTMODED
AND MUSTY WITH FLAWS,
LET NO ONE ENTICE YOU
WITH NEW VALUES OR RULES
FASHIONED BY RENEGADES
AND PRACTICED BY FOOLS,
FOR A FULL HAPPY LIFE
AND A LASTING REWARD
CAN ONLY BE GAINED
THROUGH THE LAWS OF THE LORD.





FOR WE OURSELVES WERE ONCE FOOLISH,
DISOBEDIENT, LED ASTRAY,
SLAVES TO VARIOUS PASSIONS AND PLEASURES...
BUT WHEN THE GOODNESS AND LOVING
KINDNESS OF GOD OUR SAVIOR APPEARED,
HE SAVED US... IN VIRTUE OF HIS OWN MERCY.



TITUS 3:3-7







YOU LOVE EVIL MORE THAN GOOD,
LYING RATHER THAN SPEAKING RIGHTEOUSNESS.



PSALM 52:3
NKJV



THE HEAVENS DECLARE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS;
EVERY NATION SEES HIS GLORY.



PSALM 97:6
NLT



THE LORD JUDGES THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
JUDGE ME, O LORD, ACCORDING TO MY RIGHTEOUSNESS,
ACCORDING TO MY INTEGRITY.



PSALM 7:8
GOD'S WORD



LOOK AT THOSE WHO ARE HONEST AND GOOD,
FOR A WONDERFUL FUTURE LIES BEFORE THOSE
WHO LOVE PEACE.



PSALM 37:37
NLT