Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

LET NOT YOUR
HEART BE TROUBLED

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WHENEVER I AM TROUBLED
AND LOST IN DEEP DESPAIR,
I BUNDLE ALL MY TROUBLES UP
AND GO TO GOD IN PRAYER...
I TELL HIM I AM HEARTSICK
AND LOST AND LONELY, TOO,
THAT MY MIND IS DEEPLY BURDENED
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO...
BUT I KNOW HE STILLED THE TEMPEST
AND CALMED THE ANGRY SEA,
AND I HUMBLY ASK IF, IN HIS LOVE,
HE'LL DO THE SAME FOR ME...
AND THEN I JUST KEEP QUIET
AND THINK ONLY THOUGHTS OF PEACE,
AND AS I ABIDE IN STILLNESS
MY RESTLESS MURMURINGS CEASE.





AND BEHOLD, THERE AROSE A GREAT
STORM ON THE SEA ,
SO THAT THE BOAT WAS BEING
SWAMPED BY THE WAVES;
BUT HE WAS A SLEEP.
AND THEY WENT AND WOKE HIM, SAYING,
"SAVE US LORD; WE ARE PERISHING.
"THEN HE ROSE AND
REBUKED THE WINDS AND THE SEA;
AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM.



MATTHEW 8:24-27









YOU HAVE PURIFIED US WITH FIRE, O LORD,
LIKE SILVER IN A CRUCIBLE. YOU CAPTURED US
IN YOUR NET AND LAID GREAT BURDENS ON OUR BACKS.
YOU SENT TROOPS TO RIDE ACROSS OUR BROKEN BODIES.
WE WENT THROUGH FIRE AND FLOOD.
BUT IN THE END, YOU BROUGHT US
INTO WEALTH AND GREAT ABUNDANCE.



PSALM 66:10-12
TLB



YOU MADE ME SUFFER A LOT,
BUT YOU WILL BRING ME
BACK FROM THIS DEEP PIT
AND GIVE ME KNEW LIFE.
YOU WILL MAKE ME TRUELY GREAT
AND TAKE MY SORROW AWAY.



PSALM 71:20-21
CEV



YOUR KINGDOM IS BUILT ON WHAT IS RIGHT AND FAIR.
LOVE AND TRUTH ARE IN ALL YOU DO.



PSALM 89:14
NCV



BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOM THOU CHASTENEST, O LORD,
AND TEACHEST HIM OUT OF THY LAW;
THAT THOU MAYEST GIVE HIM REST FROM THE DAYS OF ADVERSITY,
UNTIL THE PIT BE DIGGED FOR THE WICKED.



PSALM 94:12-13
KJV



MY DAYS ARE LIKE A SHADOW THAT DECLINETH;
AND I AM WITHERED LIKE GRASS.
BUT THOU, O LORD, SHALT ENDURE FOR EVER;
AND THY REMEMBRANCE UNTO ALL GENERATIONS.



PSALM 102:11-12
KJV



IT IS VAIN FOR YOU TO RISE UP EARLY,
TO TAKE REST LATE, TO EAT THE BREAD
OF [ANXIOUS] TOIL- FOR HE GIVES
[BLESSINGS] TO HIS BELOVED IN SLEEP.



PSALM 127:2
AMP



BE MY PLACE OF SAFETY WHERE I CAN ALWAYS COME.
GIVE THE COMMAND TO SAVE ME,
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY ROCK AND MY
STRONG, WALLED CITY.



PSALM 71:3
NCV



FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH,
I WILL CRY TO YOU FOR HELP,
FOR MY HEART IS OVERWHELMED.
LEAD ME TO THE TOWERING ROCK OF SAFETY.



PSALM 61:2
NLT



SAVE ME, O GOD, BY YOUR NAME,
AND VINDICATE ME BY YOUR STRENGTH.



PSALM 54:1
NKJV



YES, YOU ARE MY ROCK
AND MY FORTRESS;
HONOR YOUR NAME
BY LEADING ME OUT OF THIS PERIL.



PSALM 31:3
TLB