Word of Hope
September 25, 2009 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Loneliness, Guilt & Depression
A strange long week for many of us and so I thought I would end the working week with a poem about hope. I found this
I Shall Be Glad
by Grace Noll Crowell If I can put new hope within the heart
Of one who has lost hope,
If I can help a brother up
Some difficult long slope
That seems too steep for tired feet to go,
If I can help him climb
Into the light upon the hill’s far crest,
I shall begrudge no time
Or strength that I spend, for well I know
How great may be his need.
If I can help through any darkened hour,
I shall be glad indeed.For I recall how often I have been
Distressed, distraught, dismayed,
And hands have reached to help, and voices called
That kept me unafraid.
If I can share this help that I have had,
God knows I shall be glad.We may not have those things dear in our heart by our side…..but as long as we have hope, as long as we have belief, as long as we have each other…we can cope and grow from grief…xx Love Anna
