THERE ARE BLESSINGS IN EVERYTHING by HELEN STEINER RICE BLESSINGS COME IN MANY GUISES THAT GOD ALONE IN LOVE DEVISES, AND SICKNESS, WHICH WE DREAD SO MUCH, CAN BRING A VERY HEALING TOUCH. FOR OFTEN ON THE WINGS OF PAIN THE PEACE WE SOUGHT BEFORE IN VAIN WILL COME TO US WITH SWEET SURPRISE FOR GOD IS MERCIFUL AND WISE. FOR THROUGH LONG HOURS OF TRIBULATION GOD GIVES US TIME FOR MEDITATION, AND NO SICKNESS CAN BE COUNTED LOSS THAT TEACHES US TO BEAR OUR CROSS. THERE CAN BE NO CROWN OF STARS WITHOUT A CROSS TO BEAR, AND THERE IS NO SALVATION WITHOUT FAITH AND LOVE AND PRAYER. H.S.R. O LORD MY GOD, MANY AND MANY A TIME YOU HAVE DONE GREAT MIRACLES FOR US AND WE ARE EVER IN YOUR THOUGHTS. WHO ELSE CAN DO SUCH GLORIOUS THINGS? NO ONE ELSE CAN BE COMPARED WITH YOU. THERE ISN'T TIME TO TELL OF ALL YOUR WONDERFUL DEEDS. PSALM 40:5 TLB THE HEAVENS ARE THINE, THE EARTH ALSO IS THINE: AS FOR THE WORLD AND THE FULNESS THEREOF, THOU HAST FOUNDED THEM. PSALM 89:11 KJV UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS A HOUSE, THE BUILDERS' WORK IS USELESS. UNLESS THE LORD PROTECTS A CITY, SENTRIES DO NO GOOD. PSALM 127:1 TLB YOUR WIFE WILL BE LIKE A FRUITFUL VINE WITHIN YOUR HOUSE; YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE LIKE OLIVE SHOOTS AROUND YOUR TABLE. PSALM 128:3 NRSV THE LORD IS FAR ABOVE ALL OF THE NATIONS; HE IS MORE GLORIOUS THAN THE HEAVENS. PSALM 113:4 CEV PRAISE YE THE LORD. PRAISE YE THE LORD FROM THE HEAVENS: PRAISE HIM IN THE HEIGHTS. PRAISE YE HIM, ALL HIS ANGELS: PRAISE YE HIM, ALL HIS HOSTS. PRAISE YE HIM, SUN AND MOON: PRAISE HIM, ALL YE STARTS OF LIGHT. PRAISE HIM, YE HEAVENS OF HEAVENS, AND YE WATERS THAT BE ABOVE THE HEAVENS. PSALM 148:1-4 KJV O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH, WHO HAVE SET YOUR GLORY ABOVE THE HEAVENS! PSALM 8:1 NKJV