Look On The Sunny Side

LOOK ON THE SUNNY SIDE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO SIDES,
THE GOOD AND THE BAD,
THE DARK AND THE LIGHT,
THE SAD AND THE GLAD,
BUT IN LOOKING BACK OVER
THE GOOD AND THE BAD,
WE'RE AWARE OF THE NUMBER
OF GOOD THINGS WE'VE HAD.
AND IN COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS,
WE FIND WHEN WE'RE THROUGH
WE'VE NO REASON AT ALL
TO COMPLAIN OR BE BLUE.
SO THANK GOD FOR THE GOOD
THINGS HE HAS ALREADY DONE,
AND BE GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR
THE BATTLES YOU'VE WON,
AND KNOW THAT THE SAME GOD
WHO HELPED YOU BEFORE
IS READY AND WILLING
TO HELP YOU ONCE MORE.
THEN WITH FAITH IN YOUR HEART,
REACH OUT FOR GOD'S HAND
AND ACCEPT WHAT HE SENDS,
THOUGH YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND,
FOR OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN
ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT IS BEST,
AND IF YOU TRUST HIS WISDOM,
YOUR LIFE WILL BE BLESSED.
FOR ALWAYS REMEMBER
THAT, WHATEVER BETIDE YOU,
YOU ARE NEVER ALONE,
FOR GOD IS BESIDE YOU.





O SEND OUT YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR TRUTH;
LET THEM LEAD ME;
LET THEM BRING ME TO YOUR HOLY HILL
AND TO YOUR DWELLING.



PSALM 43:3
NRSV



YOU BLESS ALL OF THOSE WHO TRUST YOU, LORD, AND REFUSE TO WORSHIP IDOLS OR FOLLOW FALSE gODS. YOU, LORD GOD, HAVE DONE MANY WONDERFUL THINGS, AND YOU HAVE PLANNED MARVELOUS THINGS FOR US.
NO ONE IS LIKE YOU!
I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO TELL ALL YOU HAVE DONE.



PSALM 40:4-5
CEV



AS FOR ME, I WILL BEHOLD THY FACE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: I SHALL BE SATISFIED, WHEN I AWAKE, WITH THY LIKENESS.



PSALM 17:15
KJV



YOU SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE.
IN YOUR PRESENCE THERE IS FULLNESS OF JOY; IN YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES
FOREVERMORE.



PSALM 16:11
NRSV