Listen In The Quietness

LISTEN IN THE QUIETNESS

by HELEN STEINER RICE



TO TRY TO RUN AWAY FROM LIFE
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO
FOR NO MATTER WHERE YOU CHANCE TO GO
YOUR TROUBLES FOLLOW YOU
FOR THOUGH THE SCENERY'S DIFFERENT
WHEN YOU LOOK INSIDE YOU'LL FIND
THE SAME DEEP RESTLESS LONGINGS
THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU LEFT BEHIND.
SO WHEN LIFE BECOMES A PROBLEM
MUCH TOO GREAT FOR US TO BEAR
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ESCAPE
LET US WITHDRAW IN PRAYER
FOR WITHDRAWAL MEANS RENEWAL
IF WE WITH DRAW TO PRAY
AND LISTEN IN THE QUIETNESS
TO HEAR WHAT GOD WILL SAY.





IF I SAY, "MY FOOT SLIPS,"
YOUR MERCY, O LORD, WILL HOLD ME UP.



PSALM 94:18
NKJV



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



PSALM 40:11
NRSV



CERTAINLY, GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL STAY CLOSE
TO ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
AND WILL REMAIN IN THE LORD'S HOUSE FOR
DAYS WITHOUT END.



PSALM 23:6
GOD'S WORD



BUT I AM LIKE A SHELTERED OLIVE TREE
PROTECTED BY THE LORD HIMSELF. I TRUST
IN THE MERCY OF GOD FOREVER AND EVER.



PSALM 52:8
TLB



I CRY OUT TO THE LORD;
I PLEAD FOR THE LORD'S MERCY.



PSALM 142:1
NLT



MY MERCY WILL STAY WITH HIM FOREVER.
MY PROMISE TO HIM IS UNBREAKABLE.



PSALM 89:28
GOD'S WORD



THE LORD'S PROMISE IS SURE. HE SPEAKS
NO CARELESS WORD; ALL HE SAYS IS PUREST
TRUTH, LIKE SILVER SEVEN TIMES REFINED.



PSALM 12:6
TLB



WHEN I SUFFER, THIS COMFORTS ME:
YOUR PROMISE GIVES ME LIFE.



PSALM 119:50
NCV



HE IS THE ONE WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH,
THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING IN THEM.
HE IS THE ONE WHO KEEPS EVERY PROMISE FOREVER.



PSALM 146:6
NLT



SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS WILL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.



PSALM 23:6
NAS