Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Our Father's Chastening

                                    "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten"
                                                     (Revelation 3:19)






After God's chastening is over


What then for one is left?


Many things, worth more than gold.


And crowning them all must be


The dawning, "He did what He did


Out of love for me."


Removing those things that


Stand between us and Him


Can leave one feeling punished, bereft;


But when process divine has run its course,


Is perfected, and at last is through,


What thoughts of praise and awe there are.


And a person may even wonder,


Is this the way angels feel about You?