Christian Poems of COURAGE

(Various authors)

"Keep looking UP - The waves that roar around thy feet, Jehovah-Jireh will defeat, when looking up.

"Keep looking UP - Though darkness seems to wrap thy soul; the Light of Light shall fill thy soul, when looking up.

"Keep looking up - When worn, distracted with the fight; Your Captain gives you conquering might, when you look up!" --Anonymous

"Brave little woman, trudging along patiently, day after day -- weaving a garment of shining light out of the clouds of gray; bearing the burdens of vexing cares, like one of the saints of old -- making the best of a dull, hard life with its miseries all untold!

"Long have I watched her with wondering eyes -- faithful and sweet and strong -- doing the work that the Master sends, making of sorrow, song; questioning never the Wisdom that asks self-abnegation complete, willingly treading the pathway of thorns that leads to the Master's feet.

"Sometime a fair, sweet morn shall dawn, with a smile of infinite grace; somewhere, oh somewhere, fruition shall be, when the Angel shall find her a place close to the Father, and she hears Him say, as He tenderly bids her to come, 'Out of the valley of darkness and toil, My child, thou art welcome - Home!" --Stanley J. Davis

"God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this! Let me straighten after pain, as a tree straightens after the rain, shining and lovely again.

"God, make me brave for life: much braver than this! As the blown glass lifts, let me rise from sorrow with quiet eyes, knowing Thy way is wise.

"God make me brave - life brings such blinding things. Help me to keep my sight; help me to see aright, that out of dark comes light!" --Anonymous

"Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray be comforted. Thy grief will pass away.

"Art thou elated? Ah, be not so gay; temper thy joy: this, too, shall pass away!

"Art thou in danger? Still let reason sway, and cling to hope: this, too, shall pass away.

"Tempted art thou? In all thine anguish lay one truth to heart: this, too, shall pass away.

"Do rays of loftier glory round thee play? King-like art thou? This, too, shall pass away!

"What'er thou art, where'er thy footsteps stray, heed these wise words: 'This, too, shall pass away!'" --Paul Hamilton Hayne

"This, too, will pass. O heart, say it over and over - out of your deepest sorrow, out of your deepest grief, no hurt can last forever - perhaps tomorrow will bring relief.

"This, too, will pass. It will spend itself - its fury will die as the wind dies down with the setting sun; assuaged and calm, you will rest again, forgetting a thing that is done.

"Repeat it again and again, O heart, for your comfort; this, too, will pass as surely as passed before the old forgotten pain, and the other sorrows that once you bore.

"As certain as stars at night, or dawn after darkness, inherent as the lift of the blowing grass, whatever your despair or frustration - this, too, will pass!" --Grace Noll Crowell

"Cowards die many times before their deaths: the valiant never taste of death but once.

"Of all the wonders that I have yet heard, it seems to me the most strange that men should fear;

"Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come!" --William Shakespear

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