Friday, August 10, 2007

A Child's Faith

One of my favorite poems of all time... by Helen Steiner Rice...

By the way, these are my niece and nephew, Nadine and Neigel... Don't be deceived by the sweet, angelic looks... Kekeke... Love them anyway...

"Jesus Loves Me, this I know,
For the Bible tells me so..."
Little children ask no more,
For love is all they're looking for.
And in a small child's shinning eyes
The Faith of all the ages lies.
And tiny hands and touseled heads
That kneel in prayer by little beds
Are closer to the dear Lord's heart
And of his kingdom more a part
Than we who search and never find,
The answer to our questioning minds.
For faith in things we cannot see
Requires a child's simplicity.
For lost in life's complexities,
We drift upon uncharted seas.
And slowly faith disintegrates
While wealth and power accumulates.
And the more man learns, the less He knows,
And the more involved his thinking grows.
And in his arrogance and pride,
No longer is man satisfied
To place his confidence and love,
With childlike Faith in God above.
Oh, Father, grant once more to men
A simple childlike faith again.
And with a small child's trusting eyes,
May all men come to realize
That faith alone can save man's soul
And lead him to a Higher Goal...