My Journey

I walked one day with Pleasure,

We sang a lilting song,

But, at our parting, not a measure

Remained to help my steps along.

I walked one day with Sorrow,

The journey sad, and long,

But the faith she had for tomorrow

Left me with a song!

I walked one day the road alone,

Or so I thought I did,

But soon God's love-light shone:

My sadness disappeared, and hid.

I know I'll never walk alone,

For I can hold His hand,

And, when my burden seems a stone,

On the Rock of Faith I'll stand!

~ W.R. Goodman

Hope

'Tis better to hope,

though clouds hang low,

And keep the eyes uplifted,

For the sweet blue sky

will soon peep through,

When the ominous clouds are rifted.

There was never a night

without a day

Or an evening without a morning,

And the  darkest hour,

as the proverb goes,

Is the hour before the dawning.

We Always Hope

 

We always hope; and

in all things it is

better to hope

than to despair.

When we return to

real trust in God,

there will no

longer be room

in our soul for

fear.

 

~ Goethe

O Lord, Our God

 

O Lord, our God, under the

shadow of Thy wings let us

hope. Thou wilt support us, both when

little, and even to gray hairs. When

our strength is of Thee, it is strength;

but, when our own, it is feebleness.

 

We return unto Thee. O Lord, that

from their weariness our souls may rise

towards Thee; for with Thee is refresh-

ment and true strength. Amen.

 

~ St. Augustine 

God, Grant Me...

 

Courage and Hope

for every day,

Faith to guide me

along my way,

Understanding

and Wisdom, too,

And Grace to Accept

what life gives me to do.

 

~ Helen Steiner Rice

My Resolution

 

I won't look back;

God knows the fruitless efforts,

The wasted hours, the and the sinning, the regrets;

I'll leave them all with Him who blots the record,

And mercifully forgives and then forgets.
 

I won't look forward;

God sees all the future,

The road that, short or long, will lead me home,

And He will face me with every trial,

And bear with me the burdens that may come.

But I'll look up ---

into the face of Jesus,

For there my heart can rest, my fears are stilled;

And there is joy and love, light for darkness,

And perfect peace, and every hope fulfilled.

Hope Perches In The Soul

 

Hope

...perches in the soul,

And sings...

And never stops at all.

 

~ Emily Dickinson