A New Week

I read something this week, that was comforting and up lifting and gave me such a sense of, " No matter what happens, it will be okay." I wanted to share it with you.

 

I have been through the valley of weeping,
  The valley of sorrow and pain;
But the "God of all comfort" was with me,
   At hand to uphold and sustain.

 

As the earth needs the clouds and sunshine,
    Our souls need both sorrow and joy;
So He placees us oft in the furnace,
     The dross from the gold to destroy.

 

When he leads thro' some valley of trouble,
     His Omnipotent hand we trace;
For the trials and sorrows He sends us,
      Are part of His lessons in grace.

 

Oft we shrink for the purging and pruning,
    Forgetting the Husbandman knows
That the deeper the cutting and paring,
     The richer the cluster that grows.

Well He knows that affliction is needed;
   He has a wise purpose in view.
And in the dark valley He whispers,
    Hereafter Thou'lt know what I do."

 

As we travel thro' life's shadow'd valley,
    Fresh springs of His love ever rise;
And we learn that our sorrows and losses.
    Are blessings just sent in disguise.

 

So we'll follow wherever He leadeth,
    Let the path be dreary or bright;
For we've proved that our God can give comfort;
    Our God can give songs in the night.

Author unknown, Taken from Streams of the Desert by
Mrs. Charles E. Cowman 1925

---Prove me now---
(Malachi 3:10)