The Legend Of The Raindrop

THE LEGEND OF
THE RAINDROP

by HELEN STEINER RICE



THE LEGEND OF THE RAINDROP
HAS A LESSON FOR US ALL
AS IT TREMBLED IN THE HEAVENS
QUESTIONING WHETHER IT SHOULD FALL.
FOR THE GLISTENING RAINDROP ARGUED
TO THE ANGELS OF THE SKY,
"I AM BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY
AS I SPARKLE HERE ON HIGH,
AND HANGING HERE I WILL BECOME PART
OF THE RAINBOW'S HUE
AND I'LL SHIMMER LIKE A DIAMOND
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO VIEW."
BUT THE ANGEL TOLD THE RAINDROP,
"DO NOT HESITATE TO GO,
FOR YOU WILL BE MORE BEAUTIFUL
IF YOU FALL TO EARTH BELOW,
FOR YOU WILL SINK INTO SOIL
AND BE LOST AWHILE FROM SIGHT,
BUT WHEN YOU REAPPEAR ON EARTH,
YOU'LL BE LOOKED ON WITH DELIGHT.
FOR YOU WILL BE THE RAINDROP
THAT QUENCHED THE THIRSTY GROUND
AND HELPED THE LOVELY FLOWERS
TO BLOSSOM ALL AROUND,
AND IN YOUR RESURRECTION
YOU'LL APPEAR IN QUEENLY CLOTHES
WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE LILY
AND THE FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSE.
THEN, WHEN YOU WILT AND WITHER, YOU'LL
BECOME PART OF THE EARTH
AND MAKE THE SOIL MORE FERTILE
AND GIVE THE NEW FLOWERS BIRTH."
FOR THERE IS NOTHING EVER LOST
OR ETERNALLY NEGLECTED,
FOR EVERYTHING GOD EVER MADE
IS ALWAYS RESURRECTED.









FOR YOUR UNFAILING LOVE
IS AS HIGH AS THE HEAVENS.
YOUR FAITHFULNESS REACHES
TO THE CLOUDS.



PSALM 57:10
NLT



WHEN I AM AFFRAID,
I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN THEE.



PSALM 56:3
NAS



BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE
LEARNED TO ACCLAIM YOU,
WHO WALK IN THE LIGHT
OF YOUR PRESENCE, O LORD.



PSALM 89:15
NIV



SHEW THY MARVELLOUS LOVINGKINDNESS,
O THOU THAT SAVEST BY THY RIGHT HAND THEM
WHICH PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE FROM THOSE
THAT RISE UP AGAINST THEM.



PSALM 17:7
KJV



IN MY DISTRESS I CALLED TO THE LORD;
I CRIED TO MY GOD FOR HELP.
FROM HIS TEMPLE HE HEARD MY VOICE;
MY CRY CAME BEFORE HIM, INTO HIS EARS.



PSALM 18:6
NIV



SEARCH FOR THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH.
ALWAYS SEEK HIS PRESENCE.



PSALM 105:4
GOD'S WORD



BE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HIS;
LET THOSE WHO SEEK THE LORD
BE HAPPY.



PSALM 105:3
NCV



MY SOUL WILL BOAST IN THE LORD;
LET THE AFFLCTED HEAR AND REJOICE.



PSALM 34:2
NIV



YOU KNOW WHAT I LONG FOR, LORD;
YOU HEAR MY EVERY SIGH.



PSALM 38:9
NLT



AND I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY,
FOR I SEEK YOUR PRECEPTS.



PSALM 119:45
NKJV