Birthday Month Poem Selection: Whatever Is-Is Best

 

"We are assured and know that God being a partner
in their labor, all things work together and are fitting into
a plan for good to and for those who love God and are
called according to His design and purpose."
Romans 8:28

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I know, as my life grows older,

And mine eyes have clearer sight,

That under each rank wrong somewhere

Their lies the root of Right.

That each sorrow has its purpose,

By the sorrowing oft unguessed;

But as sure as the sun brings morning,

Whatever is-is best.

I know that each sinful action,

As sure as the night brings shade,

Is somewhere, sometime punished,

Tho' the hour be long delayed.

I know that the soul is aided

Sometimes by the heart's unrest,

And to grow means often to suffer-

But whatever is-is best.

I know there are no errors,

In the great Eternal plan,

And all things work together

For the final good of man.

And I know when my soul speeds onward,

In its grand Eternal quest,

I shall say as I look back earthward,

Whatever is-is best.

"Whatever Is-Is Best"

Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(1850-1919)
American writer and poetess