Encouragement Poems

Prayer For Strength

Though I should be maligned by those

I trust, let not my spirit be

Broken and bowed, but may the throes

Of suffering set me free

From pettiness and that desire

Which goads one to retaliate;

With patience I would quench the fire

Of vengeance, ere it be too late.

And in defeat may I cast out

The moods of envy and despair,

And from my heart, Lord, I would rout

All bitterness. This is my prayer.

Margaret E. Bruner

Lean On Him

Oh, face to face with trouble,

Friend, I have often stood,

To learn that pain hath sweetness,

To know that God is good.

 

Arise and meet the daylight,

Be strong and do your best,

With honest heart and a childlike trust

That God will do the rest.

 

Margaret E. Sangster

Rest

Are you very weary? Rest a little bit.

In some quiet corner, fold your hands and sit.

Do not let the trails that have grieved you all the day

Haunt this quiet corner; drive them all away!

Let your heart grow empty of every thought unkind

That peace may hover round you, and joy may fill your mind.

Count up all your blessings, I'm sure they are not few,

That the dear Lord daily just bestows on you.

Soon you'll feel so rested, glad you stopped a bit,

In this quiet corner, to fold your hands and sit.