A Seed Is Sown

A SEED IS SOWN

by HELEN STEINER RICE



SEEDS MUST BE SOWN TO
BRING FORTH THE GRAIN,
AND NOTHING IS BORN
WITHOUT SUFFERING AND PAIN
AND GOD NEVER PLOUGHS IN THE
SOUL OF MAN WITHOUT INTENTION AND
PURPOSE AND PLAN.





YOUR PROMISES HAVE BEEN THROUGHLY 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



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