Serenity

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”   —Isaiah 26:3   Evil days, we often hear, are these. Restlessness and strife in all degrees, Hate and turbulence and riot rife Seem to be our troubled way of life. …And our children’s, too.   Inner conflicts — Lust for living well, Packing life with pleasure ere death’s knell, War against our wish to strangers be, Striving to live lives of sanctity. …With our children, too.   Deeper worries: How...