Sun & Cloud

Sometimes God leads down pleasant paths
Where all is bright and fair,
And we can see the way ahead
And know that He is there.

But then life takes a sudden turn
Where briars and brambles grow,
And there are snares and pits dug deep
By many an unseen foe.

The way is long and lonely,
With none to help or care,
And it seems there's not another
With such a load as ours to bear.

It's then, when all is darkest
And we feel the most alone
That we find His arms about us
In a way before unknown.

And He speaks to our hearts a truth
That our eyes had failed to see:
Life's clouds, like its sun, are for blessing
Or else they would not be.

-Kathryn A. Horton