Blind Trust

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We cannot see what we hope for

All we can do is trust

In He who tips the jars of Heav’n

To water this earth’s dust

His wells of goodness and mercy

Are never parched or dry

Above, beneath, beside us

Is His all-beholding eye

Dare we to question He who bars

The cloud into its realm-

In perfect order scatters stars

Upon the floors of Heaven?

Life’s threshing floor oft we misjudge

As we cry out to God

Vain chaff He longs to purge from us

Love wields His earnest rod

We cannot see what we hope for

Nor understand the thought

Of He who laid the universe

Into a sea of naught

How mighty is the One we trust

He turns the tide of seasons

He clothes the earth, waters the dust

And loves us beyond reason

© Janet Martin

Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:

  “Who is this that obscures my plans
   with words without knowledge?
 Brace yourself like a man;
   I will question you,
   and you shall answer me.
 ⁴“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
   Tell me, if you understand. Job 38 1-4