The Time to Trust
When is the time to trust?
Is it when all is calm,
When waves the victor’s palm,
And life is one glad psalm
Of joy and praise?
Nay! But the time to trust
Is when the waves beat high,
When the storm clouds fill the sky,
And prayer is one long cry,
O help and save!
When is the time to trust?
Is it when friends are true?
Is it when comforts woo,
And in all we say and do
We meet but praise?
Nay! But the time to trust
Is when we stand alone,
And summer birds have flown,
And every prop is gone,
All else but God.
What is the time to trust?
Is it some future day,
When you have tried your way,
And learned to trust and pray
By bitter woe?
Nay! But the time to trust
Is when our joy is fled,
When sorrow bows the head,
And all is cold and dead,
All else but God.
~Author unknown; poem found on p. 216 of Streams in the Desert,
©1925 by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried:
he is a buckler to all them that trust in him."
II Samuel 22:31