People's Problems

PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS

by HELEN STEINER RICE



EVERYONE HAS PROBLEMS
IN THIS RESTLESS WORLD OF CARE,
EVERYONE GROWS WEARY
WITH THE "CROSS THEY HAVE TO BEAR,"
EVERYONE IS TROUBLED AND
"THEIR SKIES ARE OVERCAST"
AS THEY TRY TO FACE THE FUTURE
WHILE STILL DWELLING IN THE PAST...
BUT THE PEOPLE WITH THEIR PROBLEMS ONLY
"LISTEN WITH ONE EAR"
FOR PEOPLE ONLY LISTEN
TO THE THINGS THEY WANT TO HEAR
AND THEY ONLY HEAR THE KIND OF THINGS
THEY ARE ABLE TO BELIEVE
AND THE ANSWERS THAT ARE GOD'S
TO GIVE THEY'RE NOT READY TO RECEIVE,
SO WHILE THE PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS KEEP
GROWING EVERY DAY AND MAN VAINLY
TRIES TO SOLVE THEM IN HIS OWN SELF-WILLFUL WAY...
GOD SEEKS TO HELP AND WATCHES,
WAITING ALWAYS PATIENTLY
TO HELP THEM SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS
WHATEVER THEY MAY BE-
SO MAY THE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS
AT LAST BECOME AWARE THAT GOD WILL
SOLVE THE PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS
THROUGH FAITH AND HOPE AND PRAYER!







THE ONE THING I WANT FROM GOD,
THE THING I SEEK MOST OF ALL, IS THE
PRIVILEGE OF MEDITATING IN HIS TEMPLE,
LIVING IN HIS PRESENCE EVERY DAY OF
MY LIFE, DELIGHTING IN HIS INCOMPARABLE
PERFECTIONS AND GLORY.



PSALM 27:4
TLB



BE THOU TO ME A ROCK OF HABITATION,
TO WHICH I MAY CONTINUALLY COME;
THOU HAST GIVEN COMMANDMENT TO SAVE ME,
FOR THOU ART MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS.



PSALM 71:3
NAS



BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR STRENGTH,
IN THE MORNING I WILL SING OF YOUR LOVE;
FOR YOU ARE MY FORTRESS,
MY REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.
O MY STRENGTH, I SING PRAISE TO YOU;
YOU, O GOD, ARE MY FORTRESS, MY LOVING GOD.



PSALM 59:16-17
NIV



I CRIED UNTO THEE, O LORD; I SAID,
THOU ART MY REFUGE AND MY PORTION
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.



PSALM 142:5
KJV



BLESS THE LORD, WHO IS MY ROCK.
HE GIVES ME STRENGTH FOR WAR
AND SKILL FOR BATTLE.



PSALM 144:1
NLT



TO DECLARE THAT THE LORD IS UPRIGHT;
HE IS MY ROCK, AND THERE
IS NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIM.



PSALM 92:15
NAS



THE LORD HAS BECOME MY STRONGHOLD.
MY GOD HAS BECOME MY ROCK OF REFUGE.



PSALM 94:22
GOD'S WORD



BUT MAY ALL WHO SEEK YOU REJOICE
AND BE GLAD IN YOU;
MAY THOSE WHO LOVE YOUR SALVATION ALWAYS SAY,
"THE LORD BE EXALTED!"



PSALM 40:16
NIV