{"id":1104,"date":"2011-11-02T09:37:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T13:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/sweetshore\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2011-11-02T09:37:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T13:37:59","slug":"the-mystery-of-life-helen-steiner-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/sweetshore\/2011\/11\/the-mystery-of-life-helen-steiner-rice.html","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Life &#8211; Helen Steiner Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/t2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR1rNHW1WRL_jiPCIKK0lRKAq3YyxBlzzbU33iKjhPLuzZGqQI4\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" \/>We walk in a world that is strange and unknown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And in the midst of the crowd we still feel alone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We question our purpose, our part and our place<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">In this vast land of mystery suspended in space<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We probe and explore and try hard to explain<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The tumult of thoughts that our minds entertain\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">But all of our probings and complex explanations<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Of man\u2019s inner feelings and fears and frustrations<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Still leave us engulfed in the \u201cmystery of life\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">With all of its struggles and suffering and strife,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Unable to fathom what tomorrow will bring \u2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">But there is one truth to which we can cling,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For while life\u2019s a mystery we can\u2019t understand<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The \u201cgreat giver of life\u201d is holding our hand<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And safe in His care there is no need for seeing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For \u201cin Him we live and move and have our being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">by Helen Steiner Rice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We walk in a world that is strange and unknown And in the midst of the crowd we still feel alone We question our purpose, our part and our place In this vast land of mystery suspended in space We probe and explore and try hard to explain The tumult of thoughts that our minds&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,140,102,75],"tags":[317,316,319,318],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian","category-christian-quotes-2","category-faith-2","category-life-and-death","tag-helen-steiner-rice","tag-mystery-of-life","tag-poem-about-god","tag-poem-about-life"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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