June 11, 2023
The Peaceful Heart
There is much to be written about this topic, but I am going to let some poets have a say.....
At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky
And flinging the clouds and the towers by,
Is a place of central calm;
So here in the roar of mortal things,
I have a place where my spirit sings,
In the hollow of God's palm.
(By Edwin Markham)
Said the robin to the sparrow,
“I should really like to know
Why these anxious human beings
Rush around and worry so.”
Said the sparrow to the robin,
“Friend, I think that it must be
That they have no heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me.” (author unknown)
And finally:
Beneath the waves of the storm-tossed sea
There are peace and calm and tranquility;
But none could guess by the foaming crest
That deep in the ocean’s heart is rest.
The continual tides recede and flow,
And the white-capped breakers come and go.
They toss in fury and never cease;
Still – deep in the ocean’s heart is peace.
So deep in the heart where Christ abides,
Though swept by currents of evil tides,
Though tempest-tossed and wildly driven,
There are peace and rest akin to heaven.
(By Kathryn Blackburn Peck)
