A good God in the good times
When I walked His way in peace
Good when, childlike, I followed Him
Down a trail marked with ease
But difficulty cometh
Would God’s goodness yet remain
At death’s bedside, in the OR,
When my heart cries out with pain?
When babies die and mothers
If no children fill my arms
When my prayers meet “no’s” or “yes’s”
Life brings pleasures or alarms
Yes in each situation
In each “no” and in each “yes”
Even if the “no” were final
I’d still dwell in His goodness
I know He plans for my good
Though each good gift giv’n should go
If “the Lord gives” or He taketh
“Jesus loves me, this I know”
Copyright Jonelle Liddell
Of Hope and Rhymes 
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