God's Kind Care

God hath not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our lives thro':

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.

by - Annie Johnson Flint