Do All Things Work Together for Good?

A poem a friend sent me when I was still studying in the States. Dug it up from my files last night and would like to share with all of you. Let’s remember what an amazing God we worship. :)

Rom 8:28 . . .

Just how this statement can be true
Perhaps has often puzzled you;
You’ve wondered how that “all things” could
Work out for your eternal good;
How trouble, sorrow, and unrest
Could work together for the best;
How this could be, you did not know,
And yet, you felt it must be so.

Now “all things” mean both good and bad,
Yea, things that really make you sad;
It means your sickness and your health,
Your poverty as well as wealth;
Of trouble you will have your share,
While in this world of toil and care;
But rest assured you have a Friend
Who knows your life from start to end.

Should God permit dark clouds some day
To cast a gloom across your way,
Just take it as your Father’s will,
You’re in His care, He loves you still;
Be not alarmed, nor be cast down,
‘Tis through these trials you win a crown;
All earthly sorrow soon shall cease,
While joys eternal shall increase.

There’s much we do not understand,
But “all things” are within His hands;
Remember God’s mysterious plan
Cannot be solved by mortal man;
But when we reach the land of rest,
We then shall see that He knew best;
The things we had not understood,
We’ll then realize were for our good.

By Edna Schwab-Todd

-janice