'This Too Shall Pass' Poem By Helen Steiner Rice

"This Too Shall Pass" by Helen Steiner Rice is a comforting poem about resilience, faith, and hope in difficult times. It emphasizes the importance of enduring life's challenges with calmness and trust in God's love. The poem reassures the reader that, no matter how dark or overwhelming the present may seem, it is temporary, and brighter days will come. The message is one of inner strength, believing that with faith, even the hardest moments will fade, and a new dawn will bring relief and renewal.

Music: 'Undertow' By Scott Buckley

Transcript

This too shall pass.

If I can endure for this minute whatever is happening to me,

No matter how heavy my heart is or how dark the moment may be,

If I can remain calm and quiet with all of the world rushing about me,

Secure in the knowledge God loves me,

When everyone else seems to doubt me,

If I can but keep on believing what I know in my heart to be true,

That darkness will fade with the morning and that this will pass away too,

Then nothing in life can defeat me for as long as this knowledge remains.

I can suffer whatever is happening for I know God will break all of the chains that are binding me tight in the darkness and trying to fill me with fear for there is no night without dawning and I know that my morning is near.