Wrapped Up!

When the boys were little and I would go to their rooms in the morning to wake them, each one was buried! Buried beneath mounds of covers and wrapped up snuggly.  No wonder I couldn’t get them up!  Buried and wrapped in The Father's loving arms is exactly where God wants to keep us.  Helen Steiner Rice describes this in a beautiful poem, "What More Can You Ask."

God's love endureth forever -- what a wonderful thing to know

When the tides of life run against you, and your spirit is downcast and low ...

God's kindness is ever around you, always ready to freely impart

Strength to your faltering spirit, cheer to your lonely heart ...

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 go unanswered, and His mercy and love never fail.