When I read this lovely poem by an unknown author, it brought tears to my eyes as I looked back over the years. I'm glad I can say from my heart that Jesus has never been a disappointment -- He always knows just what I need! He has been my Friend in trials sore, and lets me abide under the shadow of His wings!
"I learn, as the years roll onward and leave the past behind,
That much that I counted as sorrow but proves our God is kind;
That many a flower I longed for had a hidden thorn of pain,
And many a rugged by-path led to fields of ripened grain.
The clouds that cover the sunshine can never banish the sun,
And the earth shines out the brighter when the weary rain is done.
We must stand in the deepest sorrow to see the clearest light,
And often from wrong's own darkness comes the very strength of right.
We must live through the weary winter if we would value the spring;
And the woods must be cold and silent before the robins sing;
The flowers must be buried in darkness before they can bud and bloom,
And the sweetest and warmest sunshine comes after the storm and gloom.
So the heart, from the hardest trial, gains the purest joy of all,
And from lips that have tasted sadness the sweetest songs will fall;
For, as peace comes after suffering, and love is reward of pain,
So, after earth comes heaven, and out of our loss, the gain!"
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