A Collection of Comfort
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Acclaimed poet Helen Steiner Rice’s beautiful verse has been treasured for decades. Her work continues to speak to readers as they experience heaven’s comfort in Barbour's newest 160-page Value Book! You’ll be inspired to share Helen Steiner Rice’s beloved verse again and again with A Collection of Hope. Poems like “God’s Hand Is Always There” and “Somebody Loves You” will comfort your heart and lift your spirit.
Helen Steiner Rice
From the 1920s and beyond her death in 1981, Helen Steiner Rice has been an unofficial poet laureate of hope and optimism. Her books have sold more than seven million copies and comforted nations through some of history's darkest moments. There probably isn't a single American family today that hasn't sent or received a greeting card featuring Rice's work, and her writings continue to inspire a new generation online, in gift books, and through note cards.
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A Collection of Comfort - Helen Steiner Rice
Optimism
LINES OF ENCOURAGEMENT
THE HAND OF GOD IS EVERYWHERE
It’s true we have never looked on His face,
But His likeness shines forth from every place,
For the hand of God is everywhere
Along life’s busy thoroughfare,
And His presence can be felt and seen
Right in the midst of our daily routine.
Things we touch and see and feel
Are what make God so very real.
DO NOT BE ANXIOUS
Do not be anxious, said our Lord;
Have peace from day to day—
The lilies neither toil nor spin,
Yet none are clothed as they.
The meadowlark with sweetest song
Fears not for bread or nest
Because he trusts our Father’s love
And God knows what is best.
GIVE LAVISHLY! LIVE ABUNDANTLY!
The more you give, the more you get.
The more you laugh, the less you fret.
The more you do unselfishly,
The more you live abundantly.
The more of everything you share,
The more you’ll always have to spare.
The more you love, the more you’ll find
That life is good and friends are kind,
For only what we give away
Enriches us from day to day.
NEVER BE DISCOURAGED
There is really nothing we need know
or even try to understand
If we refuse to be discouraged
and trust God’s guiding hand.
So take heart and meet each minute
with faith in God’s great love,
Aware that every day of life
is controlled by God above.
And never dread tomorrow
or what the future brings,
Just pray for strength and courage
and trust God in all things.
And never grow discouraged—
be patient and just wait,
For God never comes too early,
and He never comes too late.
IN HOURS OF DISCOURAGEMENT, GOD IS OUR ENCOURAGEMENT
Sometimes we feel uncertain
and unsure of everything,
Afraid to make decisions,
dreading what the day will bring.
We keep wishing it were possible
to dispel all fear and doubt
And to understand more readily
just what life is all about.
God has given us the answers,
which too often go unheeded,
But if we search His promises
we’ll find everything that’s needed …
For in God is our encouragement
in trouble and in trials,
And in suffering and in sorrow
He will turn our tears to smiles.
SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain,
Good things and bad things, pleasure and pain.
We can’t have all sunshine, but it’s certainly true
That there’s never a cloud
the sun doesn’t shine through …
Take heart and stand tall and think who you are,
For God is your Father and no one can bar
Or keep you from reaching your desired success
Or withhold the joy that is yours to possess …
For you need nothing more
than God’s guidance and love
To ensure you the things
that you’re most worthy of …
So trust in His wisdom and follow His ways
And be not concerned with the world’s empty praise,
But first seek His kingdom and you will possess
The world’s greatest of riches,
which is true happiness.
IF YOU MEET GOD IN THE MORNING…
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 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."
YOUR LIFE WILL BE BLESSED IF YOU LOOK FOR THE BEST
It’s easy to grow downhearted
when nothing goes your way.
It’s easy to be discouraged
when you have a troublesome day.
But trouble is only a challenge
to spur you on to achieve
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