Your Problems! My Problems! Our Problems!

YOUR PROBLEMS!
MY PROBLEMS!
OUR PROBLEMS!

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WHATEVER YOUR PROBLEM,
WHATEVER YOUR CROSS,
WHATEVER YOUR BURDEN,
WHATEVER YOUR LOSS,
YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE ME
YOU ARE NOT ALONE,
FOR ALL OF THE TROUBLES
AND TRIALS YOU HAVE KNOWN
ARE FACED AT THIS MINUTE
BY OTHERS LIKE YOU
WHO ALSO CRY OUT,
"OH, GOD, WHAT SHALL I DO?"...
I READ MANY LETTERS
FROM FAR COUNTRIES AND PLACES,
I SEE EYES OF SADNESS
IN HUNDREDS OF FACES,
AND I , TOO, FEEL "THE THORNS
AND THE BRUISES OF LIFE"
AND "THE GREAT STABBING PAIN
OF SORROW'S SHARP KNIFE,"
BUT I KNOW IN MY HEART
THIS WILL, TOO, PASS AWAY...
AND SO AS YOU READ THIS
I IMPLORE YOU TODAY
FIND COMFORT IN KNOWING
THIS IS GOD'S WAY OF SAYING
"COME UNTO ME"
AND NEVER CEASE PRAYING,
FOR WHATEVER YOUR PROBLEM
OR WHATEVER YOUR SORROW
GOD HOLDS "THE KEY"
TO A BRIGHTER TOMORROW!



REST IN THE LORD,
AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM.



PSALM 37:7





HE HAS MADE HIS WONDERS TO BE REMEMBERED;
THE LORD IS GRACIIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE.
HE HAS GIVEN FOOD TO THOSE WHO FEAR HIM;
HE WILL REMEMBER HIS COVENANT FOREVER.



PSALM 111:4-5
NAS



THE RIGHTEOUS FLOURISH LIKE THE PALM TREE,
AND GROW LIKE A CEDAR IN LEBANON.



PSALM 92:12
NRSV



SEARCH FOR THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH.
ALWAYS SEEK HIS PRESENCE.



PSALM 105:4
GOD'S WORD



BE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HIS;
LET THOSE WHO SEEK THE LORD
BE HAPPY.



PSALM 105:3
NCV



MY SOUL WILL BOAST IN THE LORD;
LET THE AFFLICTED HEAR AND REJOICE.



PSALM 34:2
NIV



YOU KNOW WHAT I LONG FOR, LORD;
YOU HEAR MY EVERY SIGH.



PSALM 38:9
NLT



AND I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY,
FOR I SEEK YOUR PRECEPTS.



PSALM 119:45
NKJV