Here's A New Poem

So last night I was kinda' bummed. You know, having one of those "what is God's plan for me, and is it a good plan>" moments, when scriptures began to come and I began to meditate on his sovereignty and goodness. So I composed a poem in hymn meter -- four stanzas. Like I said, this was written late last night so it may be rough. But this is my blog and I don't know what ELSE to write today so I'll share it with you. I haven't added a melody to it yet. Maybe I will; maybe I won't:

YOU DO ALL THINGS WELL (a hymn in common meter):

Every aspect of my life
Is under Your control.
You alone direct my steps,
You know where I must go.
In You, I live, and move, and breathe.
I'm nothing by myself.
I trust Your goodness and Your will,
For You do all things well.

Sickness, careless acts of men
Can all bring sudden pain.
Solid plans and heavenly dreams
Are often swept away.
You work all things for my own good,
To draw me to Yourself.
I trust Your goodness and Your will,
For You do all things well.

And should a king or warrior strike
To conquer fellow man,
And should he boast of all his might
With blood upon his hands,
He blindly serves Your purpose, Lord.
What purpose? Time will tell.
I trust Your goodness and Your will,
For You do all things well.

No harm can come against Your child
But that which You've allowed.
This present world will pass away;
You'll come back on the clouds.
No one will stop You in that hour --
Not all the power of hell.
I trust Your goodness and Your will,
For You do all things well.