Poem By:Helen Steiner Rice

GOD'S JEWELS 

WE WATCH THE RICH AND FAMOUS
BEDECKED IN PRECIOUS JEWELS,
ENJOYING EARTHLY PLEASURES,
DEFYING MORAL RULES----
AND IN OUR MOOD OF DISCONTENT
WE SINK INTO DESPAIR
AND LONG FOR EARTHLY RICHES
AND FEEL CHEATED OF OUR SHARE----
BUT STOP THESE IDLE MUSINGS,
GOD HAS STORED UP FOR YOU
TREASURES THAT ARE FAR BEYOND
EARTH'S JEWELS AND RICHES, TOO----
FOR NEVER, NEVER DISCOUNT
WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED MAN
IF HE WILL WALK IN MEEKNESS
AND ACCEPT GOD'S FLAWLESS PLAN----
FOR IF WE HEED HIS TEACHINGS
AS WE JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEARS,
WE'LL FIND THE RICHEST JEWELS OF ALL
ARE CRYSTALLIZED FROM TEARS.