All Nature Proclaims Eternal Life

ALL NATURE PROCLAIMS
ETERNAL LIFE
by HELEN STEINER RICE



FLOWERS SLEEPING 'NEATH THE SNOW,
AWAKENING WHEN THE SPRING WINDS BLOW;
LEAFLESS TREES SO BARE BEFORE,
GOWNED IN LACY GREEN ONCE MORE;
HARD, UNYIELDING, FROZEN SOD
NOW SOFTLY CARPETED BY GOD;
STILL STREAMS MELTING IN THE SPRING,
RIPPLING OVER ROCKS THAT SING;
BARREN, WINDSWEPT, LONELY HILLS
TURNING GOLD WITH DAFFODILS-
THESE MIRACLES ARE ALL AROUND
WITHIN OUR SIGHT AND TOUCH AND SOUND,
AS TRUE AND WONDERFUL TODAY
AS WHEN THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY,
PROCLAIMING TO ALL DOUBTING MEN
THAT IN GOD ALL THINGS LIVE AGAIN.



GOD WANTS US TO REAP A GREAT SPIRITUAL CROP
FROM THE SEEDS OF SUFFERING AND SORROW.
REMEMBER; GOD NEVER MAKES MISTAKES AND HE
NEVER PLOWS WHERE HE DOES NOT INTEND
TO SOW SEEDS...AND WHEN HE SOWS SPIRITUAL SEEDS,
THERE IS ALWAYS A CROP TO FILL THE
STOREHOUSE OF THE SOUL TO OVERFLOWING!
H.S.R.





UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS A HOUSE,
THE BUILDERS' WORK IS USELESS.
UNLESS THE LORD PROTECTS A CITY,
SENTRIES DO NO GOOD.



PSALM 127:1
TLB



YOUR WIFE WILL BE LIKE A FRUITFUL VINE
WITHIN YOUR HOUSE;
YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE LIKE OLIVE SHOOTS
AROUND YOUR TABLE.



PSALM 128:3
NRSV



MY GOD IS CHANGELESS IN HIS LOVE
FOR ME AND HE WILL COME AND HELP
ME. HE WILL LET ME SEE MY WISH
COME TRUE UPON MY ENEMIES.



PSALM 59:10
TLB



CREATE IN ME A PURE HEART, O GOD,
AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME.



PSALM 51:10
NIV



SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS WILL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.



PSALM 23:6
NAS



THEREFORE I LOVE YOUR COMMANDMENTS
MORE THAN GOLD, YES, THAN FINE GOLD!



PSALM 119:127
NKJV



AS FOR GOD, HIS WAY IS PERFECT.
ALL THE LORD'S PROMISES PROVE TRUE.
HE IS A SHIELD FOR ALL WHO LOOK TO HIM FOR PROTECTION.



PSALM 18:30
NLT



MAKE ME WALK IN THE PATH OF THY COMMANDMENTS,
FOR I DELIGHT IN IT.



PSALM 119:35
NAS



HE WILL KEEP HIS AGREEMENT FOREVER;
HE WILL KEEP HIS PROMISES ALWAYS.



PSALM 105:8
NCV