There are times...

I've always had a soft spot for this hymn but I'm really enjoying it a lot right now. May the Lord continue to work in our hearts, softening the hard earth each day. His job is not easy but He is that patient labourer who endures and does not give up until that hardened, rocky, thorny earth bears much fruit.

There are times in my life

There are times in my life when my heart is embittered,

There are questions unanswered, yet You’re drawing me

To enter into Your blessed sanctuary,

And turning my eyes heavenward,

The questions of constant inquiry are changed to these words:

“Whom do I have in heaven but You, dear Jehovah?

My flesh and my heart constantly fail,

But God, still the strength of my heart and my portion,

To Him forever I’ll draw near,

I’ve made Jehovah my sweet refuge

So now throughout the years:

Turn my view to see You,

How I need to see Jesus!

Though I don’t understand the ways that You take,

Lord, make me a babe and suckling, always praising,

Enjoying Your worth day by day,

Let each experience constitute me

So Your life I’ll display in every way.”