For Today...

Whate'er My God Ordains Is Right

What-e'er my God ordains is right: his holy will abideth;

I will be still what-e'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.

What-e'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.

What-e'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.

What-e'er my God ordains is right: here shall my stand be taken;

though sorrow, need, or death be mine, yet am I 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.

This rich hymn was written by Samuel Rodigast in 1675. It is one of my all time favorites.