My Rejoicing Song




My Rejoicing Song
By Beth M. Stephenson

I sing to Him in Churches
I speak to Him in prayer,
I visit Him in temples
But I meet Him everywhere.

Often in the garden
Where His messenger’s a bee,
Or a blossom or a sprouting seed
Or a fruiting apple tree,

I feel Him in the infant,
Sleeping on my breast
Or the kindness of a neighbor
When I am not my best






















I feel His contemplation
Where the ferny streamlets wade
To lick the mossy boulders
In a hidden mountain glade

Do I hear His steady heart beat
That propels the ocean surf
Into the liquid laughter
On the lips of Mother Earth?

I shout in echo canyons
My insufficient song
Reverberating thanks
To Him who does no wrong

I revel in His glory!
He gave His life for me,
And made a Tree of Life
From the Cross of Calvary!