God Scatters Love

 

God scatters love on every side

Freely among His children all,

And always hearts are lying open wide

Wherein some grains may fall.

 

~ James Russell Lowell

Love God

 

Love God with all your soul and strength,
With all your heart and mind;
And love your neighbor as yourself:
Be faithful, just, and kind.

Deal with another as you’d have
Another deal with you:
What you’re unwilling to receive,
Be sure you never do.

 

~ Isaac Watts

There Is A Time

 

There is a time for all things,

but one thing for all times:

Love the Lord and one another.

 

~ Edward A. Gloeggler

It Is In Loving

 

It is in loving,

not in being loved

The heart finds its quest;

It is in giving

not in getting

Our lives are blest.  

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

Mystery Of Christ

The mystery of Christ is not to be solved

by lore of science, logic or reason,

or occult magic of the natural mind;

it is to be lived through the mind of spirit

by faith and grace, in peace and joy,

with good will and works for love of God and man.
 

~ Edward A. Gloeggler

Live In Faith

 

"Live in faith, knowing that far more

rewarding and longer enduring

than monuments, fame, or fortune,

are the acts of love, kindness, and

consideration The Almighty

privileges each of us to perform

every day of our lives."
 

~ Robert E.B. Fielder

Anchors

 

When sailing through the storms of doubt,

Discouragement, or pain,

I shall not fear the lashing wind,

Nor fury of the rain.

Three anchors hold my little craft;

I tested them with care;

There's one of faith, and one of hope,

And one of daily prayer.

With these to hold my ship secure,

What danger can betide,

I know that I shall reach at last

A harbor safe and wide.

 

~ Bess Samuel Ayres

In God We Are Secure

 

Faith

makes it wholly possible

to quietly endure

The violent world around us

for in God we are secure

 

~ Helen Stenier Rice

My Prayer

 

Oh! my Heavenly Father,

I come with humble prayer,

Not to beg for miracles ---

Just strength to not despair.

 

If I fail to see Your wisdom ---

Give me faith to never doubt it.

Help me bear the cross You send

And not complain about it.

 

~ Agnes Scopp

Faith

Oh, for a faith that will not shrink

Though battered by many a foe,

A faith that when standing near the brink

Of a valley dark below ---

Will buoy me up, and carry me on

To tasks as yet unknown;

A faith that will lead me through life's storms,

Then gently carry me home.

 

~ Nell McLean