father although i cannot see

Father, although I cannot see

the future You have planned,

and though the path is sometimes dark

and hard to understand:

yet give me faith, through joy and pain,

to trace Your loving hand.




When I recall that in the past

Your promises have stood

through each perplexing circumstance

and every changing mood,

I rest content that all things work

together for my good.




Whatever, then, the future brings

of good or seeming ill,

I ask for strength to follow You

and grace to trust You still;

and I would look for no reward,

except to do Your will