When Is the Time to Trust?
"When is the time to trust?
Is it when all is calm,
When waves the victor's palm,
And life is one glad psalm
Of joy and praise?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when waves beat high,
When storm clouds fill the sky,
And prayer is one long cry,
O help and save!
When is the time to trust?
Is it when friends are true?
Is it when comforts woo,
And in all we say and do
We meet but praise?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when we stand alone,
And summer birds have flown,
And every prop is gone,
All else but God.
What is the time to trust?
Is it some future day,
When you have tried your way,
And learned to trust and pray
By bitter woe?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is in the moment's need,
Poor, broken, bruised reed!
Poor, troubled soul, make speed
To trust thy God.
What is the time to trust?
Is it when hopes beat high,
When sunshine gilds the sky,
And joy and ecstasy
Fill all the heart?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when our joy is fled, When sorrow bows the head,
And all is cold and dead,
All else but God."
(Selected from Streams in the Desert)
1 comment:
This is sooo true and what I have found to be the road that I have journeyed on in my walk with God. I remember Corrie Ten Boom asking her father a question. The gist of it is that you get the ticket for the train when you need it. Everytime I go through a valley and He wonderfully walks thru it with me, I think I have finally "got it" until the next trial and I realize He wil walk thru that one with me also. He gives us what we need as we need it. The trying of our faith produces patience.
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