Help Us To See and Understand

In trying to decide what to share this week for Spiritual Sundays, I ran across a little book that was given to me many years ago by a secret sister. Through the years, off and on, at the different churches we've been with, there has been a "secret sister" program. The little book is called Blossoms of Friendship, a collection of poems by Helen Steiner Rice. Inside the book was a cute little card revealing who that secret sister was. Her name is Jane Jones. I haven't seen Jane in several years and it was nice to recall our relationship of the past. The poem I chose was one called

Help Us To See and Understand.

God, give us wider vision

to see and understand

That both the sun and showers

are gifts from Thy great hand.

And when our lives are overcast

with trouble and with care,

Give us the faith to see beyond

the dark clouds of despair.

Teach us that it takes the showers

to make the flowers grow

And only in the storms of life

when the winds of trouble blow

Can man, too, reach maturity

and grow in faith and grace

And gain the strength and courage

to enable him to face

Sunny days as well as rain,

high peaks as well as low,

Knowing that the April showers

will make the May flowers grow.

And then at last may we accept

the sunshine and the showers,

Confident it takes them both

to make salvation ours!

As I stated at the beginning of this post, I'm sharing this on Spiritual Sundays. I hope you will go there and be blessed by reading what so many others have shared.