Sometimes, we must be hurt in order to grow
   We must fail in order to know
We must lose in order to gain
   Some lessons are learned best only through pain

Sometimes our vision clears
   Only after our eyes are washed with tears.
Sometimes we have to be broken so we can be tender,
   Sick so we can rest and think better

On things more important than work or fun,
   Trip near death, so we can assess how we've run
Sometimes we have to suffer lack so we can know God's provision,
   Feel another's pain so we can have a sense of mission.

So take heart, my friend, if you don't understand today,
   Instead of grumbling, ask God what He means to say,
In order to learn you must endure,
   And learn to see the bigger picture,

In order to grow, you must stand,
   Look beyond the hurt to God's loving hand
That takes what is good, and gives what is best
   And on this blessed thought rest,

As your anxious heart, with questions, waits.
   God's hand, only, gives what His loving heart dictates.

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