God Are You There?

GOD, ARE YOU THERE?

by HELEN STEINER RICE



I'M WAY DOWN HERE!
YOU'RE WAY UP THERE!
ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN HEAR
MY FAINT, FALTERING PRAYER?
FOR I'M SO UNSURE
OF JUST HOW TO PRAY-
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, GOD,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I JUST KNOW I AM LONELY
AND VAGUELY DISTURBED,
BEWILDERED AND RESTLESS
CONFUSED AND PERTURBED...
AND THEY TELL ME THAT PRAYER
HELPS TO QUIET THE MIND
AND TO UNBURDEN THE HEART
FOR IN STILLNESS WE FIND
A NEWBORN ASSURANCE
THAT SOMEONE DOES CARE
AND SOMEONE DOES ANSWER
EACH SMALL, SINCERE PRAYER!





"OUR FATHER WHOM WE SERVE IS ABLE
TO DELIVER US FROM THE BURNING FIERY
FURNACE, AND HE WILL DELIVER US FROM
YOUR HAND, O KING. BUT IF NOT, LET IT BE
KNOWN TO YOU, O KING, THAT WE DO NOT
SERVE YOUR GODS, NOR WILL WE WORSHIP
THE GOLD IMAGE WHICH YOU HAVE SET UP."



DANIEL 3:17-18



YOU LOVE EVIL MORE THAN GOOD,
LYING RATHER THAN SPEAKING RIGHTEOUSNESS.



PSALM 52:3
NKJV



THE HEAVENS DECLARE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS;
EVERY NATION SEES HIS GLORY.



PSALM 97:6
NLT



THE LORD JUDGES THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
JUDGE ME, O LORD, ACCORDING TO MY RIGHTEOUSNESS,
ACCORDING TO MY INTEGRITY.



PSALM 7:8
GOD'S WORD



LOOK AT THOSE WHO ARE HONEST AND GOOD,
FOR A WONDERFUL FUTURE LIES BEFORE THOSE
WHO LOVE PEACE.



PSALM 37:37
NLT



ALL GOES WELL FOR THE PERSON WHO IS
GENEROUS AND LENDS WILLINGLY.
HE EARNS AN HONEST LIVING.



PSALM 112:5
GOD'S WORD



TRUST IN THE LORD, AND DO GOOD;
SO YOU WILL LIVE IN THE LAND,
AND ENJOY SECURITY.



PSALM 37:3
NRSV



YOU DESERVE HONESTY FROM THE HEART:
YES, UTTER SINCERITY AND TRUTHFULNESS.
OH, GIVE ME THIS WISDOM.



PSALM 51:6
TLB



MY HOPE IS IN YOU,
SO MAY GOODNESS AND
HONESTY GUARD ME.



PSALM 25:21
NCV