As you know, we do not know the future. We can only hope for the best and face life's challenges with honor, courage and dignity.

Writer L.B. Cowman beautifully stated:

"We cannot see what loss, sorrow, and trials are accomplishing. We need only to trust. The Father comes near to take our hand and lead us on our way today" (Streams in the Desert, 1997).

Whatever day He decides, I know that I am ready to face the path before me. I leave you with this poem, hoping that it comforts those who are currently facing difficult challenges in life:

He leads us on by paths we did not know;
Upward He leads us, though our steps be slow,
Though oft we faint and falter on the way,
Through storms and darkness oft obscure the day;
Yet when the clouds are gone,
We know He leads us on.

He leads us on through all the unquiet years;
Past all our dreamland hopes, and doubts and fears,
He guides our steps, through all the tangled maze
Of losses, sorrows, and o'er clouded days;
We know His will is done;
And still he leads us on.

(Nicholaus Ludwig Zinzendorf)

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