Healing Balm - Boyd K. Packer The Balm of Gilead

[Verse 1] In ancient days a balm was brought For healing, quiet, peace of thought From Gilead it came by name A tender cure, a steady flame In days of trouble, some are helped By medicines prescribed with care Yet much may turn before it starts If we attend the inner heart [Pre-Chorus] Rest and movement, measured days Can ease the strain and clear the way But still the mind can make life hard And leave its mark upon the heart [Chorus] There is a healing balm within For troubled hearts and restless minds Let prayer restore what worry stole Let grace bring quiet to the soul There is a healing balm to find In turning toward the Holy One [Verse 2] My message is an open hand To those who ache and cannot stand A gentle plea for those who know No rest beneath the weight they hold There is a spirit in us all That can grow weary, grieve, and fall And knowing how our choices wound We seek the path where peace is found [Pre-Chorus] If worry grips, if anger stays If thoughts crowd in and cloud our days Set out a sign: let nothing harm And turn again toward what is right [Chorus] There is a healing balm within For troubled hearts and restless minds Let prayer restore what worry stole Let grace bring quiet to the soul There is a healing balm to find In turning toward the Holy One [Bridge] The thoughts that ruled us lose their hold As truth makes room within the soul The beam lifts from our tired eyes And opens up the spacious skies We learn the strength of understanding The Lord is near, our sure upstanding Prince of Peace, who knows our pain We call on Him, and breathe again [Verse 3] When heartache lingers, when mistakes Have left us bowed beneath their weight Prayer is a transfusion, grace That brings the scattered thoughts to place Forgive, forget, and leave it there Give thanks, and let the burden clear Our Lord has borne what we could not His mercy holds the healing spot [Final Chorus] There is a healing balm within For troubled hearts and restless minds Let prayer restore what worry stole Let grace bring quiet to the soul There is a healing balm to find Our Lord can heal, our Lord can calm Through prayer, the gift is supplied [Outro] Our Lord can heal, our Lord can calm There is a healing balm There is a healing balm That has to be applied Our Lord can heal and calm And, through prayer it is supplied Boyd K. Packer The Balm of Gilead New Era, Aug 1979 36 Jer. 8: 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?