Before You Can Dry Another's Tears

You Too Must Weep

by Helen Steiner Rice

Let me not live a life that's free

From "the things" that draw me close to Thee

For how can I ever hope to heal

The wounds of others I do not feel -

If my eyes are dry and I never weep

How do I know when the hurt is deep

If my heart is cold and it never bleeds

How can I tell what my brother needs

For when my ears are deaf to the beggar's plea

And we close our eyes and refuse to see,

And we steel our hearts and harden our mind,

And we count it a weakness whenever we're kind,

We are no longer following the Father's way

Or seeking His guidance from day to day -

For without "crosses to carry" and "burdens to bear,"

We dance through life that is frothy and fair,

And "chasing the rainbow" we have no desire

For "roads that are rough" and "realms that are Higher" -

So spare me no heartache or sorrow, dear Lord,

For the heart that is hurt reaps the richest reward,

And God enters the heart that is broken with sorrow

As He opens the door to a brighter tomorrow,

For only through tears can we recognize

The suffering that lies in another's eyes.

Life is a Highway

Life is a highway

on which the years go by.

Sometimes the road is level,

sometimes the hills are high.

But as we travel onward

to a future that's unknown,

We can make each mile we travel

a heavenly stepping-stone.

Helen Steiner Rice

Page last updated on: 4/21/2011

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