Learn To Rest So Your Life Will Be Blest

LEARN TO REST SO YOUR
LIFE WILL BE BLEST

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WE ALL NEED "SHORT VACATIONS"
IN LIFE'S FAST AND MADDENING RACE-
AN INTERLUDE OF QUIETNESS
FROM THE CONSTANT, JET-AGE PACE...
SO,WHEN YOUR DAY IS PREASSURE-PACKED
AND YOUR HOURS ARE ALL TOO FEW,
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND MEDITATE
AND LET GOD TALK TO YOU,
FOR, WHEN WE KEEP ON PUSHING,
WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING IN GOD'S WAY-
WE ARE FOOLISH, SELFISH ROBOTS
MECHANIZED TO FILL EACH DAY
WITH UNIMPORTANT TRIVIA
THAT MAKES LIFE MORE COMPLEX
AND GIVES US GREATER PROBLEMS
TO IRRITATE AND VEX...
SO, WHEN YOUR NERVOUS NETWORK
BECOMES A TANGLED MESS,
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES IN SILENT PRAYER
AND ASK THE LORD TO BLESS
EACH THOUGHT THAT YOU ARE THINKING,
EACH DECISION YOU MUST MAKE,
AS WELL AS EVERY WORD YOU SPEAK
AND EVERY STEP YOU TAKE,
FOR ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD
CAN WE GAIN SELF-CONTROL
AND ONLY MEDITATIVE THOUGHTS
CAN RESTORE YOUR "PEACE OF SOUL."








CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD,
AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME.




PSALM 51:10
NKJV



THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS PURE.
IT ENDURES FOREVER.

THE DECISIONS OF THE LORD ARE TRUE.
THEY ARE COMPLETELY FAIR.




PSALM 19:9
GOD'S WORD



YES, HE ALONE IS MY ROCK, MY RESCUER,
DEFENCE AND FORTRESS.
WHY THEN SHOULD
I BE TENSE WITH FEAR WHEN TROUBLES COME?



PSALM 62:2
TLB



HOW GREAT IS YOUR GOODNESS
THAT YOU HAVE STORED UP FOR
THOSE WHO FEAR YOU,
THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO
THOSE WHO TRUST YOU.
YOU DO THIS FOR ALL TO SEE.




PSALM 31:19
NCV



THEY FIND JOY IN YOUR NAME ALL DAY LONG.

THEY ARE JOYFUL IN YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE GLORY OF THEIR STRENGTH.

BY YOUR FAVOR YOU GIVE US VICTORY..



PSALM 89:16-17
GOD'S WORD



I CAN LIE DOWN AND GO TO SLEEP,
AND I WILL WAKE UP AGAIN,
BECAUSE THE LORD GIVES ME STRENGTH.




PSALM 3;5
NCV



GLORY IN HIS HOLY NAME;
LET THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO
SEEK THE LORD REJOICE.

LOOK TO THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH;
SEEK HIS FACE ALWAYS.




PSALM 105:3-4
NIV



TRULY THE EYE OF THE LORD IS ON
THOSE WHO FEAR HIM,
ON THOSE WHO HOPE IN HIS
STEADFAST LOVE.




PSALM 33:18
NRSV