Romance

ROMANCE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



IF YOU HAVE ROMANCE DON'T SELL IT-
KEEP IT-TREASURE IT-CHERISH IT
IT IS WORTH ALL ODDS
FOR WHILE YOU HAVE ROMANCE, YOU HAVE LOVE
BUT ONCE YOU MISTREAT IT,
IT WILL LEAVE YOU
AND THEN YOU ARE POOR INDEED
FOR YOU HAVE LOST LOVE.







YES, HE ALONE IS MY ROCK, MY RESCUER,
DEFENSE AND FORTRESS. WHY THEN SHOULD
I BE TENSE WITH FEAR WHEN TROUBLES COME?



PSALM 62:2
TLB



COMMIT YOUR CAUSE TO THE LORD; LET HIM
DELIVER- LET HIM RESCUE THE ONE IN WHOM HE DELIGHTS!



PSALM 22:8
NRSV



O LORD, I HAVE COME TO YOU FOR PROTECTION;
DON'T LET ME BE PUT TO SHAME.
RESCUE ME, FOR YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT IS RIGHT.



PSALM 31:1-2
NLT



FOR THE SAKE OF THY NAME,
O LORD, REVIVE ME.
IN THY RIGHTEOUSNESS BRING MY SOUL
OUT OF TROUBLE.



PSALM 143:11
NAS



RESCUE ME FROM MY ENEMIES, O LORD,
FOR I HIDE MYSELF IN YOU.
TEACH ME TO DO YOUR WILL,
FOR YOU ARE MY GOD;
MAY YOUR GOOD SPIRIT
LEAD ME ON LEVEL GROUND.



PSALM 143:9-10
NIV