BIRTHDAYS ARE A
GIFT FROM GOD
by HELEN STEINER RICE
WHERE DOES TIME GO IN ITS ENDLESS FLIGHT-
SPRING TURNS TO FALL AND DAY TO NIGHT,
AND BIRTHDAYS COME AND BIRTHDAYS GO
AND WHERE THEY GO WE DO NOT KNOW...
BUT GOD WHO PLANNED OUR LIFE ON EARTH
AND GAVE OUR MIND AND BODY BIRTH
AND THEN ENCLOSED A LIVING SOUL
WITH HEAVEN AS THE SPIRIT'S GOAL
HAS GIVEN MAN THE GIFT OF CHOICE
TO FOLLOW THAT SMALL INNER VOICE
THAT SPEAKS TO US FROM YEAR TO YEAR
REMINDING US WE'VE NAUGHT TO FEAR...
FOR BIRTHDAYS ARE A STEPPING-STONE
TO ENDLESS JOYS AS YET UNKNOWN,
SO FILL EACH DAY WITH HAPPY THINGS
AND MAY YOUR BURDENS ALL TAKE WINGS
AND FLY AWAY AND LEAVE BEHIND
GREAT JOY OF HEART AND PEACE OF MIND...
FOR BIRTHDAYS ARE THE GATEWAY TO
AN ENDLESS LIFE OF JOY FOR YOU
IF YOU BUT PRAY FROM DAY TO DAY
THAT HE WILL SHOW YOU THE TRUTH AND THE WAY. May all your wishes and dreams come true.
God bless you in all that you do...David
THE LEGEND OF THE RAINDROP HAS A LESSON FOR US ALL AS IT TREMBLED IN THE HEAVENS QUESTIONING WHETHER IT SHOULD FALL. FOR THE GLISTENING RAINDROP ARGUED TO THE ANGELS OF THE SKY, "I AM BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY AS I SPARKLE HERE ON HIGH, AND HANGING HERE I WILL BECOME PART OF THE RAINBOW'S HUE AND I'LL SHIMMER LIKE A DIAMOND FOR ALL THE WORLD TO VIEW." BUT THE ANGEL TOLD THE RAINDROP, "DO NOT HESITATE TO GO, FOR YOU WILL BE MORE BEAUTIFUL IF YOU FALL TO EARTH BELOW, FOR YOU WILL SINK INTO SOIL AND BE LOST AWHILE FROM SIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU REAPPEAR ON EARTH, YOU'LL BE LOOKED ON WITH DELIGHT. FOR YOU WILL BE THE RAINDROP THAT QUENCHED THE THIRSTY GROUND AND HELPED THE LOVELY FLOWERS TO BLOSSOM ALL AROUND, AND IN YOUR RESURRECTION YOU'LL APPEAR IN QUEENLY CLOTHES WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE LILY AND THE FRAGRANCE OF THE ROSE. THEN, WHEN YOU WILT AND WITHER, YOU'LL BECOME PART OF THE EARTH AND MAKE THE SOIL MORE FERTILE AND GIVE THE NEW FLOWERS BIRTH." FOR THERE IS NOTHING EVER LOST OR ETERNALLY NEGLECTED, FOR EVERYTHING GOD EVER MADE IS ALWAYS RESURRECTED.
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.
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