Death Is Only A Part Of Life

DEATH IS ONLY
A PART OF LIFE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WE ENTER THIS WORLD
FROM THE GREAT UNKOWN,
AND GOD GIVES EACH SPIRIT
A FORM OF ITS OWN
AND ENDOWS THIS FORM
WITH A HEART AND A SOUL
TO SPUR MAN ON TO HIS ULTIMATE GOAL.
FOR ALL MEN ARE BORN
TO RETURN AS THEY CAME,
AND BIRTH AND DEATH
ARE IN ESSENCE THE SAME,
AND MAN IS BORN
TO DIE AND ARISE,
FOR BEYOND THIS WORLD
IN BEAUTY THERE LIES
THE PURPOSE OF DEATH,
WHICH IS BUT TO GAIN
LIFE EVERLASTING
IN GODS GREAT DOMAIN.
AND NO ONE NEEDS MAKE
THIS JOURNEY ALONE,
FOR GOD HAS PROMISED TO TAKE
CARE OF HIS OWN.





HOW BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO DWELL
IN THY HOUSE! THEY ARE EVER PRAISING THEE.
HOW BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE STRENGTH IS
IN THEE; IN WHOSE HEART ARE THE HIGHWAYS TO ZION!



PSALM 84:4-5
NAS



THEY EAT THE RICH FOOD IN YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU
LET THEM DRINK FROM YOUR RIVER OF PLEASURE.
YOU ARE THE GIVER OF LIFE. YOUR LIGHT LETS US
ENJOY LIFE.



PSALM 36:8-9
NCV



YOU WHO HAVE MADE ME SEE MANY TROUBLES
AND CALAMITIES WILL REVIVE ME AGAIN;
FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH YOU WILL BRING
ME UP AGAIN. YOU WILL INCREASE MY HONOR,
AND COMFORT ME, ONCE AGAIN.



PSALM 71:20-21
NRSV



THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE
OF GRAIN IN THE EARTH,
ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS;
ITS FRUIT SHALL WAVE LIKE LEBANON;
AND THOSE OF THE CITY SHALL FLOURISH
LIKE THE GRASS OF THE EARTH.



PSALM 72:16
NKJV



PRAISE BE TO THE LORD,
FOR HE SHOWED HIS WONDERFUL LOVE TO ME
WHEN I WAS IN A BESIEGED CITY.



PSALM 31:21
NIV



THE LORD LOVES JUSTICE,
AND HE WILL NOT ABANDON
HIS GODLY ONES.
THEY WILL BE KEPT SAFE FOREVER,
BUT THE DESCENDANTS OF WICKED
PEOPLE WILL BE CUT OFF.



PSALM 37:28
GOD'S WORD



I WILL LIE DOWN IN PEACE AND SLEEP,
FOR YOU ALONE, O LORD, WILL KEEP ME SAFE.



PSALM 4:8
NLT



DO NOT, O LORD,
WITHHOLD YOUR MERCY FROM ME;
LET YOUR STEADFAST LOVE
AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS
KEEP ME SAFE FOREVER.



PSALM 40:11
NRSV