Faith For Dark Days

FAITH FOR DARK DAYS

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WHEN "DARK DAYS" COME,
AND THEY COME TO US ALL
WE FEEL SO HELPLESS
AND LOST AND SMALL
WE CANNOT FATHOM
THE REASON WHY
AND IT IS FUTILE FOR US TO TRY
TO FIND THE ANSWER,
THE REASON OR CAUSE
FOR THE MASTER PLAN
IS WITHOUT ANY FLAWS
AND WHEN THE DARKNESS
SHUTS OUT THE LIGHT
WE MUST LEAN ON FAITH
TO RESTORE OUR SIGHT
FOR THERE IS NOTHING
THAT WE NEED TO KNOW
IF WE HAVE FAITH
THAT WHEREVER WE GO
GOD WILL BE THERE
TO HELP US BEAR
OUR DISAPPOINTMENTS,
PAIN AND CARE
FOR HE IS OUR SHEPHERD
OUR FAITH - OUR GUIDE
AND YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
WITH THE LORD AT YOUR SIDE
SO MAY THE GREAT PHYSICIAN
ATTEND YOU
AND MAY HIS HEALING
COMPLETELY MEND YOU.



BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY, FOR
"GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT GIVES
GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."
THEREFORE HUMBLE YOURSELVES UNDER THE
MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, THAT HE MAY
EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME.



1 PETER 5:5-6







HE RANSOMES ME FROM DEATH
AND SRROUNDS ME WITH LOVE AND
TENDER MERCIES.



PSALM 103:4
NLT



MANY ARE THE AFFLICTIONS OF
THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE LORD
RESCUES THEM FROM THEM ALL.



PSALM 34:19
NRSV



HE FULFILLS THE DESIRES OF THOSE WHO
REVERENCE AND TRUST HIM; HE HEARS
THEIR CRIES FOR HELP AND RESCUES THEM.



PSALM 145:19
TLB



HEAR ME, O LORD, FOR YOUR
LOVINGKINDNESS IS GOOD;
TURN TO ME ACCORDING TO THE
MULTITUDE OF YOUR TENDER MERCIES.



PSALM 69:16
NKJV



FOR I AM CONSTANTLY AWARE OF YOUR
UNFAILING LOVE, AND I HAVE LIVED
ACCORDING TO YOUR TRUTH.



PSALM 26:3
NLT



YOUR GOODNESS AND UNFAILING KINDNESS SHALL BE
WITH ME ALL OF MY LIFE, AND AFTERWARDS I WILL LIVE
WITH YOU FOREVER IN YOUR HOME.



PSALM 23:6
TLB



BUT THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THOSE
WHO FEAR HIM, ON THOSE WHOSE HOPE IS
IN HIS UNFAILING LOVE.



PSALM 33:18
NIV



YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AN
EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND YOUR LAW IS THE TRUTH.



PSALM 119:142
NRSV