The will of God will never take you,

Where the grace of God cannot keep you,

Where the arms of God cannot support you

Where the riches of God cannot supply your needs,

Where the power of God cannot endow you.

The will of God will never take you,

Where the Spirit of God cannot work through you,

Where the wisdom of God cannot teach you,

Where the army of God cannot protect you,

Where the hands of God cannot mold you.

The will of God will never take you,

Where the love of God cannot enfold you,

Where the mercies of God cannot sustain you,

Where the peace of God cannot calm your fears,

Where the authority of God cannot overrule for you.

The will of God will never take you,

Where the comfort of God cannot dry your tears,

Where the Word of God cannot feed you,

Where the miracles of God cannot be done for you,

Where the omnipresence of God cannot find you.

Everything happens for a purpose.

We may not see the wisdom of it all now,

but trust and believe in the Lord that everything is for the best.

i think i've been faced with a lot of struggles recently but i found this poem (an extension of mad's phrase!) which really reminds me to keep trusting in God through any darkness, to help me find His light when i have no light to shine of my own.

Recently, i had to confess a very painful truth. I didn't stand to gain anything from it and in fact it would cause a lot of conflict, guilt, and pain. My human nature told me that "if its only going to hurt you, then there's not reason to say it and nobody will be hurt." and thats usually how i act to these situations. But I asked the Holy Spirit for courage, and he really blessed me with the grace to go through with it. And even though i inevitably suffered through the pain and consequences of lying, I thank God for helping me through this. It happened for a reason, and my actions helped to bring me closer to Him in trust and repentance. Because confessing a lie, especially a lie that is easy to keep and would keep people from being hurt, has been especially difficult for me.

I just want to thank Him, for keeping me, supporting me, working through me, sustaining me, calming me, drying my tears and feeding me through His Word. praise God.