I woke up this morning thinking of this old hymn... and since I do not have it memorized, had to look up the words in my old Trinity Hymnal. They are glorious words! And by a Providential turn, Mark Altrogge posted about this very hymn on his blog this morning, and I downloaded his contemporary rewrite of it, and hope to teach it eventually to our evening fellowship group. What great words to meditate upon!
Whate'er My God Ordains Is Right by Samuel Rodigast, trans. Catherine Winkworth
Whate'er my God ordains is right: holy his will abideth.
I will be still whate'er He doth, and follow where He guideth.
He is my God. Though dark the 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: 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 my all.
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