As You Go Through Life

"Roll your works upon the Lord,

commit and trust them wholly to Him;

He will cause your thoughts to become 

 agreeable to His will, and so shall your 

 plans be established and succeed."

Proverbs 16:3

Sunrise

 Ocean City, New Jersey

Don't look for the flaws as you go through life;

And even when you find them,

It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind

And look for the virtue behind them.

For the cloudiest night has a hint of light

Somewhere in its shadows hiding;

It is better by far to hunt for a star,

Than the spots on the sun abiding.

The current of life runs ever away

To the bosom of God's great ocean.

Don't set your force 'gainst the river's course

And think to alter its motion.

Don't waste a curse on the universe-

Remember it lived before you.

Don't butt at the storm with your puny form,

But bend and let it go o'er you.

The world will never adjust itself

To suit your whims to the letter.

Some things must go wrong your whole life long,

And the sooner you know it the better.

It is folly to fight with the Infinite

And go under at last in the wrestle;

The wiser man shapes into God's plan

As water shapes into a vessel.

Sunset on Delaware Bay

Cape May County New Jersey

"As You Go Through Life"

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

(1850-1919)

American writer and poetess