If thou but suffer God to guide thee
The language is old fashioned, but this is a beautiful hymn. If you know God as your loving Father, you can know that everything you experience is from his loving hand. Neither world events, nor your personal life circumstances, occur by random chance. They are guided by a God who is good, wise, kind and powerful. There are certainly forces of evil at work in the world, but if God is your refuge, you don’t need to fear them either. He’s the one who is utterly in control, over all. We all go through ups and downs in life, hills and valleys, joys and sorrows, comfort and pain. Sometimes the valleys can be very deep, and the pain can feel almost too much to bear. But the God who is over all, and who one day will right all the wrongs, is willing and ready to be your God, too, and give you strength and hope in the midst of every circumstance in life. If you know this God, keep singing; keep praying; keep trusting in his Word; keep looking to Jesus; do your own part faithfully. His love is u...