You alone are my refuge When the world turns away You send guiding angels To comfort my days Your creation attests to The divine plan you've made You send light and love When I stumble and fade The hummingbird shows me It can fly but not stand And I know every flower You created by hand The wind and the rain May beat at my door And sorrow may bring me A heart broke and sore Oh God, you alone know The intent of my heart And your love binds my wounds When I'm falling apart Forgive me when I falter Or can't bare the news I will run to your arms For you are my refuge Karen Shaw Matteson © 2001

At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky
And flinging the clouds and the towers by,
Is a place of central calm;
So here in the roar of mortal things,
I have a place where my spirit sings,
In the hollow of God's palm.

~~ Edwin Markham

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