A Prayer of Faith to Lean Into Life’s Uncertainty*

Thy way, O Lord! Thy way—not mine!
Although, opprest,
For smoother, sunnier paths I pine,
Thy way is best.

Though crossing thirsty deserts drear,
Or mountain’s crest;
Although I faint with toil and fear,
Thy way is best.

Though not one open door befriend
The passing guest;
Though night its darkest terror lend,
Thy way is best.

So seeming wild without a plan,
Now east, now west,
Joys born and slain, hopes blighted, can
Thy way be best?

My soul by grief seems not to be
More pure and blest;
Alas! I cannot, cannot see
Thy way is best.

I cannot see—on every hand
By anguish prest,
In vain I try to understand
Thy way is best.

But I believe—Thy life and death,
Thy love attest,
And every promise clearly saith—
“Thy way is best.”

I cannot see—but I believe;
If heavenly rest
Is reached by roads where most I grieve,
Thy way is best.

*Christopher Newman Hall (1816-1902). He was an English Nonconformist divine and temperance reformer, born at Maidstone.

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Each of us have choices in life. The future is unknown, the past can’t be undone, only today can I decide who’s hands I will trust my life with–God’s or mine.

I have a pretty poor track record when I am driving, controlling my life. So today, and hopefully tomorrow, I will continue choosing His, because “His way is (for me) best.”

What about you?