NO PRAYER GOES UNHEARD
Often we pause and wonder
when we kneel down to pray
Can God really hear
The prayers that we say…
But if we keep praying
And talking to him
He’ll brighten the soul
That was clouded and dim.
As we continue to pray
Our burden seems lighter
Our sorrow is softened
And our outlook is brighter.
For though we feel helpless
And alone when we start,
Our prayer is the key
That opens the heart.
And as our heart opens
The dear Lord comes in
And the prayer that we felt
We could never begin
For the Lord understands
And gives us new strength
By the touch of His hands.
Helen Steiner Rice
After the Winter…God Sends the Spring
Springtime is a season
Of hope and joy and cheer,
There’s beauty all around us
To see and touch and hear…
So no matter how downhearted
And discouraged we may be,
New hope is born when we behold
Leaves budding on a tree..
. Or when we see a timid flower
Push through the frozen sod
And open wide in glad surprise
Its petaled eyes to God…
For this is just God saying-
“Lift up your eyes to Me,”
And the bleakness of your spirit,
Like the budding springtime tree,
Will lose its wintry darkness
And your heavy heart will sing-
For God never sends the winter
Without the joy of spring. ~
Helen Steiner Rice
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