Free Love Gifts by Helen Steiner Rice Page B

all-wise powers,
    So let us be content
    to solve our problems one by one,
    Asking nothing of tomorrow
    except “Thy will be done.”

W HAT M ORE C AN Y OU A SK ?

    God’s love endures forever—
    what a wonderful thing to know
    When the tides of life run against you
    and your spirit is downcast and low.
    God’s kindness is ever around you
    always ready to freely impart
    Strength to your faltering spirit,
    cheer to your lonely heart.
    God’s presence is ever beside you,
    as near as the reach of your hand.
    You have but to tell Him your troubles—
    there is nothing He won’t understand …
    And knowing God’s love is unfailing,
    and His mercy unending and great,
    You have but to trust in His promise,
    “God comes not too soon or too late” …
    So wait with a heart that is patient
    for the goodness of God to prevail,
    For never do prayers go unanswered,
    and His mercy and love never fail.

I F Y OU M EET G OD İN THE M ORNİNG , H E’LL G O WİTH Y OU THROUGH THE D AY

    The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof …
    It speaks of His greatness, it sings of His love.
    And each day at dawning I lift my heart high
    And raise up my eyes to the infinite sky.
    I watch the night vanish as a new day is born,
    And I hear the birds sing on the wings of the morn.
    I see the dew glisten in crystal-like splendor
    While God, with a touch that is gentle and tender,
    Wraps up in the night and softly tucks it away
    And hangs out the sun to herald a new day …
    And so I give thanks and my heart kneels to pray,
    “God, keep me and guide me and go with me today.”

H E A SKS S O L İTTLE AND G İVES S O M UCH

    What must I do to ensure peace of mind?
    Is the answer I’m seeking too hard to find?
    How can I know what God wants me to be?
    How can I tell what’s expected of me?
    Where can I go for guidance and aid
    To help me correct the errors I’ve made?
    The answer is found in doing three things,
    And great is the gladness that doing them brings.
    “Do justice”—“Love kindness”—
    “Walk humbly with God”—
    For with these three things as your rule and your rod,
    All things worth having are yours to achieve,
    If you follow God’s words and have faith to believe.

T HE P OWER OF L OVE

    There is no thinking person
    who can stand untouched today
    And view the world around
    us slowly drifting to decay
    Without feeling deep within
    him a silent, unnamed dread
    As he contemplates the future
    that lies frighteningly ahead …
    But the problems we are facing
    cannot humanly be solved
    For our diplomatic strategy
    only gets us more involved
    And our skillful ingenuity,
    our technology and science
    Can never change a sinful heart
    filled with hatred and defiance …
    So our problems keep on
    growing every hour of every day
    As man vainly tries to solve them
    in his own self-willful way …
    But man is powerless alone to
    clean up the world outside
    Until his own polluted soul
    is clean and free inside …
    For the amazing power of love
    is beyond all comprehension
    And it alone can heal this world
    of its hatred and dissension.

S OMEBODY C ARES

    Somebody cares and always will—
    The world forgets, but God loves you still
    You cannot go beyond His love
    No matter what you’re guilty of,
    For God forgives until the end—
    He is your faithful, loyal friend …
    And though you try to hide your face,
    There is no shelter any place
    That can escape His watchful eye,
    For on the earth and in the sky
    He’s ever-present and always there
    To take you in His tender care
    And bind the wounds and mend the breaks
    When all the world around forsakes.
    Somebody cares and loves you still,
    And God is the someone who always will.

F İNDİNG F AİTH İN A F LOWER

    Sometimes when faith is running low
    And I cannot fathom why things are so,
    I walk among the flowers that grow
    And learn the answers to all I would know …
    For among my flowers I have come to see
    Life’s miracle and its mystery,
    And standing in silence and