Helen Steiner Rice - Daily Inspiration for Women: From the Poetry of Helen Steiner Rice

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All poems Helen Steiner Rice Foundation Fund, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cincinnati Museum Center. All rights reserved.

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Text compiled from Today 1991 and This Is the Day 1993, both compiled by Virginia J. Ruehlmann. Used with permission.

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H elen Steiner Rice (19001981) has been called the poet laureate of inspirational verse. The Ohio native worked as a greeting card editor before she began writing the countless inspirational poems that have been a favorite of readers for decades.

A s you start this year-long journey with the words of Helen Steiner Rice, youll find that her beautiful verse will speak to your heart in a real and meaningful way. Read her words, meditate on scripture, and challenge yourself with devotional thoughts as you draw close to God and strengthen your relationship with Him.

What will you do
With this year thats so new?
The choice is yours
God leaves that to you!

Thou crownest the year with thy bounty.
P SALM 65:11

What would you like to see come to fruition this year? What steps can you take to achieve those goals?

You cant light a candle
To show others the way
Without feeling the warmth
Of that bright, little ray.

Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

P SALM 97:11

How can you be a light of encouragement to someone today? Who most needs to see that light in you?

Games cant be won
Unless they are played,
And prayers cant be answered
Unless they are prayed.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the L ORD , but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

P ROVERBS 15:8

What prayer is on your heart this week?
What is keeping you from vocalizing it to God?

All of Gods treasures
are yours to share
If you love Him completely
and show Him you care.

We love, because he first loved us.

1 J OHN 4:19

How have you shown God to your neighbors lately?

We are all Gods children,
And He loves usevery one,
And completely forgives
All that we have done.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

P ROVERBS 22:6

What guilt are you holding on to concerning a sin that God has already forgiven?

Accept what the new year brings,
Seeing the hand of God in all things,
And as you grow in strength and grace,
The clearer you can see Gods face.

Both riches and honor come from thee, and thou rulest over all. In thy hand are power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank thee, our God, and praise thy glorious name.

1 C HRONICLES 29:1213

How has God amazed you recently?

You make me feel welcome,
You reach out Your hand,
I need never explain,
for You understand.

Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

R OMANS 15:7

How have you welcomed someone during the past few weeks?

Only love can make man kind,
And kindness of heart brings peace of mind,
And by giving love we can start this year
To lift the clouds of hate and fear.

Jesus answered him, If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

J OHN 14:23

Is your heart telling you to be kinder to someone specific? If so, to whom?

Show us that in quietness
We can feel Your presence near,
Filling us with joy and peace
Throughout the coming year.

O my God, I say, take me not hence in the midst of my days, thou whose years endure throughout all generations!

P SALM 102:24

How do you get focused for a talk with Jesus?

Show me the way, not to fortune or fame,
Not to win laurels or praise for my name
But show me the way to spread the great story
That Thine is the kingdom, the power
and the glory.

I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary, beholding thy power and glory.

P SALM 63:2

How often do you look for opportunities to communicate the gospel?

No day is too dark
And no burden too great
That God in His love