He May Not...

He may not straighten the path,
But He will guide you through the curves!

He may not ease all your heartache,
But He will catch all your tears!

He may not move the sun from behind the clouds,
But He will provide a lamp for your dark path.

He may not allow you to sing a single not on key,
But He will love every minute you sing praise to Him.

He may not prevent the trial from occurring,
But He will be your best advocate, and a fair judge.

Jesus may not make life easy and carefree for His beloved,
But He will forgive, redeem, defend, comfort and guide them.

So many emotions are floating through me right now. Most of them are of a morose nature- and it feels like no matter what I do, I have this nagging sense of sadness about me, sometimes right on the surface, sometimes buried deep. Would I love for Jesus to remove and guide to true joy and some momentary happiness? Of course, but if not I will always Praise the Lord, for I serve a risen Savior! My joy depends not on the lifting of the sadness, but the firm knowledge and belief that "some bright morning when this life is o'er, I'll fly away, to a place on God's celestial shore!" It may not happen this morning, it may not happen in this lifetime, but it will eventually happen, and eternally I face a zillion life times of getting to dance for, sing to, bow do and adore my GOD, My JESUS! I get to spend forever and a day with my Lover, Friend, Jehovah, my Jesus, my All and All!

Already thinking about that helps. I know that He may not remove the pain in this lifetime, but I know that He will be right here with me, going through it as well. For He has promised me that "I will never leave you, nor will I forsake you." How marvelous! How wonderful! And my song will ever be!

O may those thousand tongues start singing of our Great Redeemers praise! I for one will sing of His love forever, I will sing of His love forever! Over the mountains and the seas, I love to tell the story- because I know tis true! He is a mighty fortress, a bulwark never failing, but he is also my vision, the Lord of my heart!

Even if we go through 70 years of pain and sorrow, 70 years of life that seems horrendously dreadful, may we still join Paul in the conviction that NO MATTER WHAT, WE WILL PRAISE the LORD!

Because He may not... But He always will work for our good!

-JLK/PRT-