Poems

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Today

IRIS V. ZEA

This I do know: If I but firmly standUpon the holy mountain of today,Not looking in to clouds of errors pastOr from tomorrow borrowing a ray,Knowing that all of good is now and here,Joy and peace, and opportunityFor sharing this glad truth, unfold to me.
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Love's Panoply

LOUISE PALMER LAWRENCE

No matter what today may bring,God's love environs me.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Lodestar

THELMA BROOKS

The cross is the lodestar;all must accept its guiding light,for men must tread the Master's waywith unselfed love and healing touch.

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Omnipotence

ANNE BROOKS SHUMATE

Dear Father, when I clearly seeThat power alone belongs to Thee.
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"Open thou mine eyes"

ETHEL MUNRO GOSS

Love Has clear eyes,Piercing throughMortal disguise,Beholding realityThrough mists of frailty.
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Gethsemane

HAZEL HARPER BRANDNER

The Master yearned for proven loyaltyAnd asked his dearest friends to watch—to stayTheir consciousness in Truth—that he might prayWith their support, for he could plainly seeThe outline of the cross on Calvary.

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Shared reflections

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Shared reflections

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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Resurrection Morn

MARGARET MORRISON

No stone is there between thy God and thee;The way before thee lies triumphant, free.
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One Hour

SALLY FORTH

"Could ye not watch with me one hour?
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Joy

DONALD JENSEN

Joy is the prayerOf good expected,The calm assuranceThat GodHas not neglectedTo light with LoveThe pathwayYet unseen.
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The Risen Christ

GRAHAM CAMERON DRISCOLL

"He is not here, but risen;The stone is rolled away.
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Light

GRACE H. SAYERS

It did not matter that for four long daysHad Lazarus lain within the darkened tomb;The Master came, and spoke, and in amazeThey saw him triumph over death and gloom.
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A Prayer

JOAN MARGUERITE IBBOTSON

God help me take the fanAnd separate the right from wrong;I know that if I will.