Shadows

SHADOWS

by HELEN STEINER RICE



SICKNESS AND SORROW COME TO US ALL,
BUT THROUGH IT WE GROW AND LEARN TO STAND TALL,
FOR TROUBLE IS PART AND PARCEL OF LIFE,
AND NO ONE CAN GROW WITHOUT STRUGGLE AND STRIFE.
THE MORE WE ENDURE WITH PATIENCE AND GRACE,
THE STRONGER WE GROW AND THE MORE WE CAN FACE,
AND THE MORE WE CAN FACE, THE GREATER OUR LOVE,
AND WITH LOVE IN OUR HEARTS WE ARE MORE CONSCIOUS OF
THE PAIN AND THE SORROW IN LIVES EVERYWHERE-
SO IT IS THROUGH TROUBLE THAT WE LEARN TO SHARE.





FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH;
AND THIS IS NOT YOUR OWN DOING, IT IS THE GIFT OF
GOD- NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.



EPHESIANS 2:8-9







HOW PRECIOUS IS THY LOVINGKINDNESS, O GOD!
AND THE CHILDREN OF MEN TAKE REFUGE IN THE
SHADOW OF THY WINGS.



PSALM 36:7
NAS



O MY STRENGTH, TO YOU I SING PRAISES,
FOR YOU, O GOD, ARE MY REFUGE, THE
GOD WHO SHOWS ME UNFAILING LOVE.



PSALM 59:17
NLT



PROTECT ME AS YOU WOULD PROTECT YOUR OWN EYE.
HIDE ME UNDER THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS.



PSALM 17:8
NCV



O GUARD MY LIFE, AND DELIVER ME;
DO NOT LET ME BE PUT TO SHAME,
FOR I TAKE REFUGE IN YOU.



PSALM 25:20
NRSV