There is starlight through the shadows for the feet that have to tread
In the path of secret sorrow, with the hidden tears unshed.
There's the glory of the sunset flaming red down in the west,
When the storm is hushed to stillness and the waters sink to rest.
There's a lamp that God has lighted where the shadowed pathways are,
And it sheds a softened radiance like the shining of a star;
There's a haven of sweet refuge from the deeply hidden pain,
Where the heart that long has suffered sees God's rainbow through the rain.
There's an angel in the shadows--oftentimes in human guise,
Who, in silent understanding, sees the tears that blind our eyes;
For the words may be unspoken, quiet waters running deep--
When the sympathy of friendship is outpoured on those who weep.
There's a twilight in the evening when the throb of pain is stilled,
And the heart, through human friendship, with the peace of God is filled;
And the twilight touches softly all the valley we have trod,
When a true friend's love sustains us, like an angel sent from God.
(ICor.12:26; Heb.12:11)
From a friend in Christ.
In the path of secret sorrow, with the hidden tears unshed.
There's the glory of the sunset flaming red down in the west,
When the storm is hushed to stillness and the waters sink to rest.
There's a lamp that God has lighted where the shadowed pathways are,
And it sheds a softened radiance like the shining of a star;
There's a haven of sweet refuge from the deeply hidden pain,
Where the heart that long has suffered sees God's rainbow through the rain.
There's an angel in the shadows--oftentimes in human guise,
Who, in silent understanding, sees the tears that blind our eyes;
For the words may be unspoken, quiet waters running deep--
When the sympathy of friendship is outpoured on those who weep.
There's a twilight in the evening when the throb of pain is stilled,
And the heart, through human friendship, with the peace of God is filled;
And the twilight touches softly all the valley we have trod,
When a true friend's love sustains us, like an angel sent from God.
(ICor.12:26; Heb.12:11)
From a friend in Christ.
