ALL THINGS

“All things work together for good to them that love God…” (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 His permissive 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 hand;
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 realize were for our eternal good.
---By Uncle Charlie Cox