God is Near

Sunsets are God’s footprints;
sunrises are His smiles.

You can be a window
where God shines through to others.

Realize what God can do through you
and minimize what man can do to you.

God's love helps us to be hopeful
in the midst of confusion and uncertainty.

When we put God first,
every second is enriched,
every minute enriched,
every hour ennobled.

God is in you,
in every person and problem today,
and in every answer tomorrow.

Each day God makes appointments for every person
—do we recognize and keep them?

Regardless of clouds above us
and problems around us,
underneath are God’s everlasting arms.

-William Arthur Ward
as found in the St. Michael the Archangel, McKinney bulletin