Jesus, Thou Divine Companion by Henry Van Dyke

Jesus, Thou Divine Companion by Henry Van Dyke

Jesus, Thou divine Companion,
By Thy lowly human birth
Thou hast come to join the workers,
Burden bearers of the earth.
Thou, the Carpenter of Nazareth,
Toiling for Thy daily food,
By Thy patience and Thy courage,
Thou hast taught us toil is good.

They who tread the path of labor
Follow where Thy feet have trod;
They who work without complaining
Do the holy will of God.
Thou, the Peace that passeth knowledge,
Dwellest in the daily strife;
Thou, the Bread of heaven, broken
In the sacrament of life.

Every task, however simple,
Sets the soul that does it free;
Every deed of love and kindness
Done to man is done to Thee.
Jesus, Thou divine Companion,
Help us all to do our best;
Bless in our daily labor,
Lead us to the Sabbath rest.

Life and contentment.

I was watching the questions being popped at the doctor, queries about cancer.Curiosity kept me hooked to the program.Each minute i listened to the live voices sharing their pain to the Dr, i felt the immense pain people are going in their lives .I could not imagine how some still put a brave front.It also belittled me about my own murmurings of life.It struck me why Jesus says do not worry about tomorrow , for tomorrow has enough pain in itself.Living a day at a time, a moment at a moment is not easy but that will certainly make life easier.How hard it is to turn from the thoughts of the morrow and the future , how hard it is to live contented with what one has got when every minute you are bombarded with ads of insurance and child security plans.Human nature follows a philosophy for some time and then as one gets ravaged by the happenings around, we slip off, the old self showing its ugly head again.The old habit of anxiety, of securing all things needed for oneself and the family and thus getting caught in the swift race of life to earn more and more, a life which forgets to slow down and breathe in the beauty of each unfolding , a life which slows down or rather halts only when it arrives at the dead end or the speed breaker.

May you live all the days of your life. Swift, Jonathan.


In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray.
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And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.Abraham Lincoln:
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that the stuff life is made of.Benjamin Franklin:
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Bertrand Russell:

Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].

Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.

With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.

Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.

This has been my life; I found it worth living.

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Oh my heart , be content with this day,
do not fret yourself for another day,
another day will lead you to a new way
only when each day is lived in its way.