Whate'er My God Ordains Is Right

We sang this song in church this morning.  It's one of my favorites.  A very old song that Glenn updated the tune for.  The words were written in the 1600s by Samuel Rodigast in Germany.  He wrote it to cheer up a friend who was seriously ill.  His friend not only recovered but went on to write the tune!  I've talked to some people lately that are going through some tough things... this is for them:  Whate'er my God ordains is right.

Whate’er my God ordains is right:

His holy will abideth;

I will be still whate’er He doth;

And follow where He guideth;

He is my God; though dark my road,

He holds me that I shall not fall:

Wherefore to Him I leave it all.

Whate’er my God ordains is right:

He never will deceive me;

He leads me by the proper path:

I know He will not leave me.

I take, content, what He hath sent;

His hand can turn my griefs away,

And patiently I wait His day.

Whate’er my God ordains is right:

His loving thought attends me;

No poison can be in the cup

That my Physician sends me.

My God is true; each morn anew

I’ll trust His grace unending,

My life to Him commending.

Whate’er my God ordains is right:

He is my Friend and Father;

He suffers naught to do me harm,

Though many storms may gather,

Now I may know both joy and woe,

Some day I shall see clearly

That He hath loved me dearly.

Whate’er my God ordains is right:

Though now this cup, in drinking,

May bitter seem to my faint heart,

I take it, all unshrinking.

My God is true; each morn anew

Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,

And pain and sorrow shall depart.

Whate’er my God ordains is right:

Here shall my stand be taken;

Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,

Yet I am not forsaken.

My Father’s care is round me there;

He holds me that I shall not fall:

And so to Him I leave it all.

BTW, the photo above was taken in Michigan last week.  Anyone know what kind of bush this is?  We don't have them around here.  It's actually more purple than it looks in this photo.