"The Peace of Meditation"

So we may know God better
And feel His quiet power,
Let us daily keep in silence
A MEDITATION HOUR
For to understand God's greatness
And to use His gifts each day
The soul must learn to meet Him
In a meditative way.
For our Father tell His children
That if they would know His will
They must seek Him in the silence
When all is calm and still.
For nature's greatest forces
Are found in quiet things
Like soft falling snowflakes
Drifting down on angels' wings,
Or petals dropping soundlessly
From a lovely full-blown rose,
So God come closest to us
When our soul are in repose.
So let us plan with prayerful care
To always allocate
A certain portion of each day
To be still and meditate...
For when everything is quiet
And we're lost in meditation,
Our soul is then preparing
or a deeper dedication
That will make it wholly possible
To quietly endure
The violent world around us--
For in God we are secure.
~Helen Steiner Rice~