BE NOT DISMAYED
BY DISMAL DAYS
by HELEN STEINER RICE
IT'S A DISMAL, DREARY MORNING
AND AS I SOMETIMES DO
I FEEL A LITTLE DREARY
AND KINDA DOWNCAST, TOO,
FOR LET NOBODY TELL YOU
THAT LIFE'S A "HAPPY SONG"
AND THAT WE JUST KEEP SMILING
WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG...
FOR IT JUST WOULD NOT BE NATURAL
TO ALWAYS WEAR A SMILE,
FOR A SMILE WOULD BE A "SILLY GRIN"
IF IT COVERED UP A TRIAL...
FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN PERIODS
WHEN THE SOUL IS "SWEETLY SAD"
AS IT CONTEMPLATES THE MYSTERY
OF BOTH GOOD TIMES AND BAD...
WE'RE NOT REALLY DISCONTENTED
AND WE ARE NEVER UNAWARE
THAT THE GOOD LORD UP IN HEAVEN
HAS US ALWAYS IN HIS CARE,
BUT THE SOUL OF MAN IS RESTLESS
AND IT JUST KEEPS LONGING FOR
A HAVEN THAT IS SAFE AND SURE
THAT WILL LAST FOREVERMORE...
AND AS I SIT HERE WRITING THIS
A THOUGHT PASSED THROUGH MY MIND-
"WHY DWELL ON PAST OR FUTURE
OR WHAT'S AHEAD OR GONE BEHIND?"
JUST FOLLOW GOD UNQUESTIONINGLY
BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM SO,
FOR IF YOU TRUST HIS JUDGMENT
THERE IS NOTHING YOU NEED KNOW!
HOW PRECIOUS ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
ABOUT ME, O GOD! THEY ARE INNUMERABLE!
PSALM 139:17
NLT
THE LORD IS JUST IN ALL HIS WAYS,
AND KIND IN ALL HIS DOINGS.
PSALM 145:17
NRSV
HE WILL SAVE THEM FROM OPPRESSION
AND FROM VIOLENCE, FOR THEIR LIVES
ARE PRECIOUS TO HIM.
PSALM 72:14
TLB
LET THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD OUR
GOD BE WITH US. MAKE US SUCCESSFUL
IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
PSALM 90:17
GODS WORD
HOW PRECIOUS IS YOUR
LOVINGKINDNESS,
THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF MEN
PUT THEIR TRUST UNDER THE
SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS.
PSALM 36:7
NKJV
SEND ME YOUR LIGHT AND TRUTH TO GUIDE ME.
LET THEM LEAD ME TO YOUR HOLY MOUNTAIN,
TO WHERE YOU LIVE.
PSALM 43:3
NCV
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