One of my FAVORITE Poems

"What God Hath Promised"

By Annie Johnson Flint

 God has not promised

skies always blue,
Flower strewn pathways
all our lives through;
God has not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.

God has not promised

we shall not know
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He has not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.

God has 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 has promised

strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
Unfailing sympathy, undying love.