Thank You, Lord, that sometimes
When I pray, You answer, “No”.
For often times there’s something better
Which You may bestow.
My own choices may deter me
From Your master plan for me.
It isn’t wise for me to make
My own decisions hastily.
You shut doors which are not right,
So I learn patience as I wait.
As I hope and trust in You
An opening You will create.
As I take the steps You plan,
I will arrive where I should be.
And then I’m thankful for Your “No”.
You care for me so faithfully.
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed,
because his compassions fail not. They are new
every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV
“For I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that
He Who began a good work in you, will continue
until the day of Jesus Christ - right up to the
time of His return - developing (that good
work) and perfecting and bringing it
to full completion in you.”
Philippians 1:6 Amplified Bible
© 2013 Arlene Schwartzkopf