October 31st

HOW, LORD?
How can it be
You think of me
With kind and loving thoughts,
When by your hand
The very sand
On all the shores was wrought?

How can your mind
Look in to find
The very heart of me,
When stars you light
To pierce the night,
And calm bring to the sea?

How can your heart
To mine impart
All things to fill my needs,
When you create
And foliate
Great trees and spread their seeds?

How is it, Lord,
You can afford
Such love to my poor soul,
When all the world
And skies unfurled
Are under your control?

How can your ear
Be tuned to hear
My prayer in this world’s din?
Yet you reply
And multiply
Your good with peace within.

Oh child, whose mind
Doth seek to find
The answer to my ways,
If you will just
Begin to trust,
I’ll keep you all your days.

Prayer: Dear Lord, I thankYou for being my God with all that implies. Help me to trust You more fully every moment of every day.