Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Let not your soul be sad
Easter is a time of joy
When all hearts should be glad.

Glad to know that Jesus Christ
Made it possible for men
To have their sins forgiven
And, like Him, to live again.

So at this joyous season
May the wondrous Easter Story
Renew our Faith so we may be
Partakers of His Glory!

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~



In the glorious Easter story
A troubled world we find
Blessed reassurance
And enduring peace of mind.

For though we grow discouraged
In this world we're living in,
There is comfort just in knowing
God has triumphed over sin.

For our Saviour's Resurrection
Was Gods way of telling men
That in Christ we are eternal
And in Him we live again.

And to know life is unending
And God's love is endless, too,
Makes our daily tasks and burdens
So much easier to do.

For the blessed Easter story
Of Christ the living Lord,
Makes our earthly sorrow nothing
When compared with this reward.

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~



God, give us eyes to see
the beauty of the spring,
And to behold Your majesty
in every living thing.

And may we see in lacy leaves
and every budding flower
The Hand that rules the universe
with gentleness and power.

And may this Easter grandeur
that spring lavishly imparts
Awaken faded flowers of faith
lying dormant in our hearts.

Give us ears to hear, dear God,
the springtime song of birds
With messages more meaningful
than man's often empty words.

Telling harried human beings
who are lost in dark despair
'Be like us and do not worry
for God has you in His care.'

~Helen Steiner Rice~