Touches the World with Beauty

God who touches the world with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
With thy spirit re create me,
Make my heart anew.

Like Thy springs and running waters,
Make me crystal pure;
Like thy rocks of towering grandeur,
Make me strong and sure.

Like Thy dancing waves of sunlight,
Make me glad and free;
Like the straightness of the pine trees,
Let me upright be.

Like the arching of the heavens,
Lift my thoughts above;
Turn my dreams to noble actions,
Ministries of love.

God, who touches the earth with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
Keep me ever by Thy spirit.
Pure and strong and true.

~from the Camp Fire Girls songbook...1945

Hannah's Prayer

My heart rejoices in the Lord;
In the Lord my horn is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in Your deliverance.

There is no one holy like the Lord, there is no one beside You; there is no rock like our God.

Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.

The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
Those who are full hired themselves out for food, but those who know hunger are hungry no more.
She who was barren has born seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.

The Lord brings death and makes alive, He brings down to the grave and raises up.
The Lord sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and exalts.
He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap; He seats them with princes and has them inherit a thron of honor.

For the foundation of the earth are the Lord's; upom them He has set the world.
He will guard the feet of His saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness.

It is not by strength that one prevails; those who appose the Lord will be shattered.
He will thunder against the from Heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give strength to His king and exalt the horns of the anointed.

Who am I In Christ

I am a new creation
Of infinite worth

I am deeply loved.
I am completely forgiven by Him.
I am fully pleasing to Him.
I am totally accepted through Him.
I am absolutely complete in Him.
I was chosen for fellowship with Him.

before time began
God purposed my life.
He made me special.
He made me unique.
He made me beautiful in His sight.