A FRIEND IS A
GIFT FROM GOD
by HELEN STEINER RICE
AMONG THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS GIFTS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER SENDS
IS THE GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING
THAT WE FIND IN LOVING FRIENDS,
FOR IN THIS WORLD OF TROUBLE THAT IS FILLED WITH ANXIOUS CARE,
EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND
IN WHOM THEY'RE FREE TO SHARE
THE LITTLE SECRET HEARTACHES
THAT LAY HEAVY ON THE MIND,
NOT JUST A MERE ACQUAINTANCE, BUT SOMEONE WHO'S JUST OUR KIND.
FOR SOMEHOW IN THE GENEROUS HEART
OF LOVING, FAITHFUL FRIENDS,
THE GOOD GOD IN HIS CHARITY AND WISDOM ALWAYS SENDS
A SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING
AND THE POWER OF PERCEPTION
AND MIXES THESE FINE QUALITIES WITH KINDNESS AND AFFECTION.
SO WHEN WE NEED SOME SYMPATHY
OR A FRIENDLY HAND TO TOUCH OR ONE WHO LISTENS TENDERLY
AND SPEAKS WORDS THAT MEAN SO MUCH,
WE SEEK A TRUE AND TRUSTED FRIEND
IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE'LL FIND
A HEART THAT'S SYMPATHETIC
AND AN UNDERSTANDING MIND,
AND OFTEN JUST WITHOUT A WORD THERE SEEMS TO BE A UNION
OF THOUGHTS AND KINDRED FEELINGS, FOR GOD GIVES TRUE FRIENDS COMMUNION.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED.
PSALM 23:1
NCV
SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS,
THAT WE MAY PRESENT TO
THEE A HEART OF WISDOM.
PSALM 90:12
NAS
BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL.
O LORD MY GOD, YOU ARE VERY GREAT.
PSALM 104:1
NRSV
THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD
STANDS FOREVER,
THE PLANS OF HIS HEART
TO ALL GENERATIONS.
PSALM 33:11
NKJV
BUT A THOUSAND YEARS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU! THEY ARE MERELY A DAY GONE BY OR
A FEW HOURS IN THE NIGHT.
PSALM 90:4
CEV
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