Be Of Good Cheer

Thinking of those going through deep waters...
the list is LONG!
Oh God, comfort and strengthen them!
"When you go through deep waters, I will be with you."
Isa.43:2

Be glad; God rich in mercy  will not leave us comfortless

Though loss and pain may torture our Present Happiness

Be of good cheer for He is near; and He has overcome

Never leaves or forsakes us though the test leaves senses numb

Be strong and of good courage; fellow-friend, be not afraid

Withersoever we must go God IS; be not dismayed

Take courage, it is I, cries He who walks upon the sea

Where we would sink in sad despair without Hope’s guarantee

‘Be still; and know that I am God’ He whispers through the gale

And saves us with His staff and rod of love that will not fail

Be watchful and stand firm and faithful to the end of day

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and He will lead the way

© Janet Martin

Came across this poem recently; one I recall from long ago
but have not read in decades;

 a true gem by anonymous

When God Wants To Drill A Man

When God wants to drill a man,
And thrill a man,
And skill a man
When God wants to mold a man
To play the noblest part;

When He yearns with all His heart
To create so great and bold a man
That all the world shall be amazed,
Watch His methods, watch His ways!

How He ruthlessly perfects
Whom He royally elects!
How He hammers him and hurts him,
And with mighty blows converts him

Into trial shapes of clay which
Only God understands;

While his tortured heart is crying
And he lifts beseeching hands!

How He bends but never breaks
When his good He undertakes;
How He uses whom He chooses,
And which every purpose fuses him;
By every act induces him
To try His splendor out-
God knows what He’s about.

– Anonymous