In God's Tomorrow There Is Eternal Spring

IN GODS TOMORROW
THERE IS ETERNAL SPRING

by HELEN STEINER RICE



ALL NATURE HEEDS THE CALL OF SPRING
AS GOD AWAKENS EVERYTHING,
AND ALL THAT SEEMED SO DEAD AND STILL
EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN THRILL
AS SPRINGTIME LAYS A MAGIC HAND
ACROSS GOD'S VAST AND FERTILE LAND.
OH, THE JOY IN STANDING BY
TO WATCH A SAPPHIRE SPRINGTIME SKY
OR SEE A FRAGILE FLOWER BREAK THROUGH
WHAT JUST A DAY AGO OR TWO
SEEMED BARREN GROUND STILL HARD WITH FROST,
FOR IN GOD'S WORLD, NO LIFE IS LOST,
AND FLOWERS SLEEP BENEATH THE GROUND,
BUT WHEN THEY HEAR SPRING'S WAKING SOUND,
THEY PUSH THEMSELVES THROUGH LAYERS OF CLAY
TO REACH THE SUNLIGHT OF GOD'S DAY.
AND MAN AND WOMEN, LIKE FLOWERS, TOO, MUST SLEEP
UNTIL CALLED FROM THE DARKENED DEEP
TO LIVE IN THAT PLACE WHERE ANGELS SING
AND WHERE THERE IS ETERNAL SPRING.









I LOVE THEE, O LORD, MY STRENGTH.
THE LORD IS MY ROCK, AND MY FORTRESS.



PSALM 18:1-2



IN MY DISTRESS I PRAY TO THE LORD,
AND HE ANSWERED ME AND RESCUED
ME. HE IS FOR ME! HOW CAN I BE
AFRAID? WHAT CAN MERE MAN
DO TO ME?



PSALM 118:5-6
TLB



HE TURNS A DESERT INTO POOLS
OF WATER; A PARCHED LAND
INTO SPRINGS OF WATER.



PSALM 107:35
NRSV



HE WILL PUT HIS ANGELS IN CHARGE OF YOU
TO PROTECT YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS.



PSALM 91:11
GOD'S WORD



YOU ARE MY ROCK AND MY PROTECTION.
FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR NAME, LEAD ME AND GUIDE ME.
SET ME FREE FROM THE TRAP THEY SET FOR ME,
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY PROTECTION.
I GIVE YOU MY LIFE.
SAVE ME, LORD, GOD OF TRUTH.



PSALM 31:3-5
NCV



RESCUE ME FROM MY ENEMIES, O GOD.
PROTECT ME FROM THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO DESTROY ME.



PSALM 59:1
NLT



THE LORD WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ALL EVIL;
HE WILL KEEP YOUR SOUL.



PSALM 121:7
NAS



I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS,
AND THOU HEARDEST ME;
TEACH ME THY STATUTES.



PSALM 119:26
NJV