A Poem

I'm sitting here with a cup of hot chocolate, reading a simple but deep poem a friend sent recently, and I wanted to share it with ya'll! It makes such a good point that trials, although painful, can be amazing opportunities to grow spiritually and gain character!

Until I Learned

Until I learned to trust the Lord

I never learned to pray;

And never learned to fully trust

Till sorrows came my way.

Until I felt my weakness

His strength I never knew;

Nor dreamed, till I was stricken,

That He would see me through.

He who drinks deepest sorrow,

Drinks deepest too of grace;

God sends the storm so He, Himself,

Can be our resting place.

His heart, Who seeks our deepest good,

Knows well when things annoy;

We would not yearn for Heaven

If earth held only joy!

-Anonymous