A Poet's Portal
Hello friends,
this week I'm featuring one of my favorites, click on her picture to read more of her and her life.
HELEN STEINER RICE
Helen Steiner Rice (1900 - 1981) was an American writer of religious and inspirational poetry.
Helen Steiner was born in Lorain, Ohio on May 19, 1900.
Her father, a railroad worker, died in the influenza epidemic of 1918.
She began work for a public utility and progressed to the position of
advertising manager, which was rare for a woman at that time. She also
became the Ohio State Chairman of the Women's Public Information
Committee of the Electric Light Association, and campaigned for women's
rights and improved working conditions.[1]
In 1929 she married Franklin Rice, a bank vice-president in
Dayton, Ohio. After the
stock market crash
in October that year, Franklin lost his job and his investments. He
fell into a depression from which he never recovered, and committed
suicide in 1932
The strong faith she had in God and the ability she had to express deep
emotion give her poems timeless appeal. For millions of readers the
poetry of Helen Steiner Rice is a living testimony to the reality of
God’s action in human lives.
To read more about her plase gohere:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Steiner_RiceGOD IS THE ANSWER
by HELEN STEINER RICE
WE READ THE HEADLINES DAILY
AND WE LISTEN TO THE NEWS,
WE ARE ANXIOUS AND BEWILDERED
WITH THE WORLDS CONFLICTING VIEWS,
WE ARE RESTLESS AND DISSATISFIED
AND SADLY INSECURE,
AND WE VOICE OUR DISCONTENTMENT
OVER THINGS WE MUST ENDURE,
FOR THIS VIOLENT AGE WE LIVE IN
IS FILLED WITH NAMELESS FEARS
THAT GROW AS WE DISCUSS THE THINGS
THAT COME DAILY TO OUR EARS...
SO, INSTEAD OF READING HEADLINES
THAT DISTURB THE HEART AND MIND,
LET US OPEN UP THE BIBLE
AND IN DOING SO WE'LL FIND
THAT THIS AGE IS NO DIFFERENT
FROM THE MILLIONS GONE BEFORE,
BUT IN EVERY HOUR OF CRISIS
GOD HAS OPENED UP A DOOR
FOR ALL WHO SOUGHT HIS GUIDANCE
AND TRUSTED IN HIS PLAN,
FOR GOD PROVIDES THE ANSWER
THAT CANNOT BE FOUND BY MAN...
AND THOUGH THERE'S HATE AND VIOLENCE
AND DISSENSION ALL AROUND,
WE CAN ALWAYS FIND A REFUGE
THAT IS BUILT ON "SOLID GROUND"
IF WE GO TO GOD BELIEVING
THAT HE HEARS OUR SMALLEST PRAYER
AND THAT NOTHING CAN BEFALL US
WHEN WE ARE IN HIS CARE...
FOR ONLY BY BELIEVING
IN THE THINGS WE CANNOT SEE
CAN ALL NATIONS BE UNITED
IN THE PEACE THAT MAKES MEN FREE...
FOR THE SKILL OF MAN CAN CONQUER
THE WORLDS IN OUTER SPACE,
BUT ONLY OUR CREATOR
CAN ENDOW MANKIND WITH GRACE,
AND ONLY GRACE THAT IS DIVINE
CAN UNITE US WITH EACH OTHER
AND MAKE OUR ENEMIES OUR FRIENDS
AND EVERY MAN A BROTHER.
LOVE: GOD'S GIFT DIVINE
by HELEN STEINER RICE
LOVE IS ENDURING
AND PATIENT AND KIND,
IT JUDGES ALL THINGS
WITH THE HEART NOT THE MIND,
AND LOVE CAN TRANSFORM
THE MOST COMMONPLACE
INTO BEAUTY AND SPLENDOR
AND SWEETNESS AND GRACE...
FOR LOVE IS UNSELFISH,
GIVING MORE THAN IT TAKES,
AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
LOVE NEVER FORSAKES,
IT'S FAITHFUL AND TRUSTING
AND ALWAYS BELIEVING,
GUILELESS AND HONEST
AND NEVER DECEIVING...
YES, LOVE IS BEYOND
WHAT MAN CAN DEFINE,
FOR LOVE IS IMMORTAL
AND GOD'S GIFT IS DIVINE!
AND UNDERNEATH THIS REFUGE
ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS-
SO CAST YOUR BURDEN ON HIM,
SEEK HIS COUNSEL WHEN DISTRESSED,
AND GO TO HIM FOR COMFORT
WHEN YOU'RE LONELY AND OPPESSED-
FOR GOD IS OUR ENCOURAGEMENT
IN TROUBLE AND IN TRIALS,
AND IN SUFFERING AND IN SORROW
HE WILL TURN OUR TEARS TO SMILES.
Pray you all will enjoy this edition as much as I have putting this together :-)
Much luv n blessing
Pauline R
"In the arena of human life the honors and rewards
fall to those who show their good qualities in action, for words are mere
words."
- Aristotle