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    A Celebration of God's Love
    A Celebration of God's Love
    A Celebration of God's Love
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    A Celebration of God's Love

    By Helen Steiner Rice

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    Celebrate the depth of God’s love for you every day of the year with this delightful gift book, featuring the popular verse of Helen Steiner Rice. Dozens of devotional readings are paired with inspirational poetry for a unique package that is sure to bring delight and warmth to your spirit.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarbour Publishing
    Release dateNov 1, 2012
    ISBN9781620296202
    A Celebration of God's Love
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    Helen Steiner Rice

    From the 1920s and beyond her death in 1981, Helen Steiner Rice has been an unofficial poet laureate of hope and optimism. Her books have sold more than seven million copies and comforted nations through some of history's darkest moments. There probably isn't a single American family today that hasn't sent or received a greeting card featuring Rice's work, and her writings continue to inspire a new generation online, in gift books, and through note cards.

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      A Celebration of God's Love - Helen Steiner Rice

      Prayer

      Introduction

      God’s love—how rich and pure and utterly amazing it is. Our great Creator, almighty God, looks down on us and chooses to see us with loving eyes, call us His children, and redeem us by His grace. We may never understand it; but we can accept and celebrate it.

      That’s exactly what this book is designed to do. As you read through its pages, we pray you will be blessed and inspired by the beautiful and insightful poetry of Helen Steiner Rice. Each poem has been coupled with a devotional thought designed to draw you into a glorious celebration of God’s love. It is your highest calling, what you were born to do. Allow yourself to be caught up in it, exploring both the grandeur and the practical nature of it all.

      God bless you as we celebrate God’s love together.

      God’s Love

      God’s love is like an island in

      life’s ocean vast and wide—

      A peaceful, quiet shelter from

      the restless, rising tide.

      God’s love is like an anchor when

      the angry billows roll—

      A mooring in the storms of life,

      a stronghold for the soul.

      and we seek protection there

      When the waves of tribulation

      seem to drown us in despair.

      God’s love is like a harbor where

      our souls can find sweet rest

      From the struggle and the tension

      of life’s fast and futile quest.

      God’s love is like a beacon burning

      bright with faith and prayer,

      And through the changing scenes of life,

      we can find a haven there.

      ~HSR

      CELEBRATING

      THE GIFT

      OF GOD’S LOVE

      But because of his great love for us,

      God, who is rich in mercy, made us

      alive with Christ even when we

      were dead in transgressions—

      it is by grace you have been saved.

      EPHESIANS 2:4–5 NIV

      God Loves Us

      We are all God’s children

      and He loves us, every one.

      He freely and completely

      forgives all that we have done,

      Asking only if we’re ready

      to follow where He leads,

      Content that in His wisdom

      He will answer all our needs.

      ~HSR

      The Meaning of Love

      This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

      1 JOHN 4:10 NIV

      If we were to put all the world’s languages together, there would be literally hundreds of definitions for the word love. In every culture known to us, love is used to express everything from carnal lust to favorite foods! It has been packaged with teenage crushes, illicit affairs, casual cravings, and enchantment with material things.

      But real love is something quite different from all this. The Bible uses the word love to describe how God feels about us and how those loving feelings caused Him to take action. God’s first love gift to us was the creation of a world so vast, filled with such variety and beauty and mind-boggling detail, that we cannot fully comprehend it—a gift that blesses us daily!

      The wonder of God’s love through nature, however, can never come close to the love He expressed in sending His only Son—not only to save our lives but to give us abundant life when we had no way to gain it on our own.

      God’s love is never transient, fickle, casual, or changing. It infuses good marriages, happy families, and lasting friendships. Most importantly, it is the foundation and lifeblood of our relationship with Him. If you have never known it, go to the Source. Your heavenly Father longs to lavish His love on you!

      When you pass through the waters,

      I will be with you…. When you walk

      through the fire, you will not be burned;

      the flames will not set you ablaze.

      For I am the Lord you God.

      ISAIAH 43:2–3 NIV

      What More Can You Ask?

      God’s presence is ever beside you,

      as near as the reach of your hand.

      You have but to tell Him your troubles—

      there is nothing He won’t understand …

      And knowing God’s love is unfailing,

      and His mercy unending and great,

      You have but to trust in His promise,

      God comes not too soon or too late …

      So wait with a heart that is patient

      for the goodness of God to prevail,

      For never do prayers

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