The Best Things

THE BEST THINGS

by HELEN STEINER RICE



THE BEST THINGS ARE NEAREST:
BREATH IN YOUR NOSTRILS,
LIGHT IN YOUR EYES,
FLOWERS AT YOUR FEET,
DUTIES AT YOUR HAND,
THE PATH OF RIGHT JUST BEFORE YOU.



THEN DO NOT GRASP AT THE STARS,
BUT DO LIFE'S PLAIN, COMMON WORK
AS IT COMES, CERTAIN THAT
DAILY DUTIES AND DAILY BREAD
ARE THE SWEETEST THINGS IN LIFE.







BE THOU TO ME A ROCK OF HABITATION,
TO WHICH I MAY CONTINUALLY COME;
THOU HAST GIVEN COMMANDMENT TO SAVE ME,
FOR THOU ART MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS.



PSALM 71:3
NAS



BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR STRENGTH,
IN THE MORNING I WILL SING OF YOUR LOVE;
FOR YOU ARE MY FORTRESS,
MY REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.
O MY STRENGTH, I SING PRAISE TO YOU;
YOU, O GOD, ARE MY FORTRESS, MY LOVING GOD.



PSALM 59:16-17
NIV



I CRIED UNTO THEE, O LORD: I SAID,
THOU ART MY REFUGE AND MY PORTION
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.



PSALM 142:5
KJV



BLESS THE LORD, WHO IS MY ROCK.
HE GIVES ME STRENGTH FOR WAR
AND SKILL FOR BATTLE.



PSALM 144:1
NLT



TO DECLARE THAT THE LORD IS UPRIGHT;
HE IS MY ROCK, AND THERE
IS NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIM.



PSALM 92:15
NAS



THE LORD HAS BECOME MY STRONGHOLD.
MY GOD HAS BECOME MY ROCK OF REFUGE.



PSALM 94:22
GOD'S WORD