"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble."
(Psalm 46:1)
Elk Township, New Jersey
October 2025
Photograph courtesy/Daniel Kelly
We look ahead through each changing year
With mixed emotions of hope and fear-
Hope for the peace we long have sought,
Fear that our hopes will come to naught.
Unwilling to trust in the Father's will,
We count on our logic and shallow skill,
And in our arrogance and pride,
We are no longer satisfied
To place our confidence and love
With childlike faith in God above.
And tiny hands and tousled heads
That kneel in prayer by little beds
Are closer to the dear Lord's heart
And of His kingdom more a part
Than we who search and never find
The answers to our questioning minds-
For faith in things we cannot see
Requires a child's simplicity.
Oh, Heavenly Father, grant again
A simple childlike faith to men,
Forgetting color, race and creed
And seeing only the heart's deep need.
For faith alone can save man's soul
And lead him to a higher goal,
For there's but one unfailing course-
We win by faith and not by force.
"Faith Is A Mighty Fortress"
Helen Steiner Rice
(1900-1981)
American Christian poetess
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