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.
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.
(Annie Johnson Flint, quoted in The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart by Charles R. Swindoll)
Beautiful!
ReplyDelete... and I'm so taken with this graphic!
May you enjoy a beautiful day!
Myra
This is beautiful, I love the picture. I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Ginger
Great poem. Clif
ReplyDeleteI have a question for you. What would you say is the book that meant the most to you, of all the books you have read this year?
I love the heart in the sand in the beach! Thank you.
Blessings Clif...what a GREAT post to ponder and remember HIS Promises! This is a very encouraging poem to finish the year and bring in the next in God's strength, rest, light, grace, help,unfailing sympathy & undying love...beautiful words!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason this sounded familiar like perhaps a card though I do not know Annie...hoping that you enJOYed a wonderful CHRISTmas and have a great week ahead!
God bless you. I always enjoy your posts. This is a song that our girls' trio sang when I was a teen. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThis goes so well with my life today... Thanks for this! =)
ReplyDeleteBTW... I love the Dances with Wolves song on your blog! Every weekend when I come here, I just feel so soothed... Thanks for the song too!
ReplyDeleteVery nice poem, and oh,so true. Hope your Christmas was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteread this before and love it. Have a great day Cliff. Sarah
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely poem!
ReplyDeleteOh I loved that, thanks for sharing it. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Blessings, Debbie
ReplyDeleteI love that beautiful poem. And your music is lovely.
ReplyDeleteClif,
ReplyDeleteI have soooo missed reading your posts and have read through and caught up. I have to tell you how VERY MUCH the post "The Company of the Concerned" meant to me! I am so thankful to many of the bloggers who have been such a support to me and you Clif, have been such a constant support and so like Jesus ~ I just truly could not express enough thanks or share how much you mean to me and my family. The LORD knows because I have said so many times "Thankyou Lord for Clif and asked for blessings to be poured out to you and Charlotte. You are both so dear to my heart and I will FOREVER be grateful to have found you in this bloggy world! You are an amazing example of Christ and you blessed my dad so much. When I arrived at his house early this month the card you all made for him was the first thing I saw as it was on his dresser mirror for all to see when they entered his bedroom. It was a reminder that someone was praying for him! What a wonderful thing you all did! I love you Clif....thank you for EVERYTHING!
This is lovely. And, He has promised peace and comfort to all who believe. I pray that all will some day realize that peace and comfort.
ReplyDeleteYep, God is good. Thanks, Clif, and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteComforting words for uncertain days. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteGreat poem!
ReplyDeleteGreat combo!!!May God bless you abundantly bro. Clif and your family as another year comes!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this wonderful and encouraging poem! Praise God for always keeping His promises!
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