Sunday, May 12, 2013
Quarter-life comfort
Quoted in 12 May 2013 sermon, All Souls, Langham Place, London
God hath not promised skies always blue,Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;God hath not promised sun without rain,Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
God hath not promised we shall not know
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.
God hath not promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;
Never a mountain, rocky and steep,
Never a river, turbid and deep.
But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
Unfailing sympathy, undying love.
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whizzer; 9:45:00 pm
