Strength

There is a strength,

That comes through prayer,    

A confidence, a power,

A quite, deep unflinching faith 

To meet the trying hour. 

There is a peace 

That comes through prayer, 

A calm serenity

To face whatever life may hold

With grace and dignity.

There is a joy

That comes through prayer,

A gladness of the soul, 

A glorious sense of having been 

Refreshed, renewed, made whole.

                                                            -By Helen Marshall