In the Morning

There are times when skies are grey
Clouds obscure the light of day
And we're tempted so to worry and to fret
There are times at eventide
Nerves are tense and spirits tried
But there's victory in Christ, oh don't forget!

Things will look so different in the morning!
Towering mountains will not seem so high.
You will find relief from care
After rest and time of prayer
Things will look so different in the morning.

Do not speak that unkind word
Fix your eyes upon the Lord
And remember how he stood when he was tried.
He was tempted just as we
Prayed in dark Gethsemane
He will ne'er forsake one soul for which he died.

Things will look so different in the morning
When you wake to feel the Savior near.
Don't attempt to rest at night
'Til your wrongs have been made right.
Things will look so different in the morning.

Then some day - and it may be soon -
Whether morning, night or noon,
God will call us from this vale of toil and tears.
All the trials of the way
Will have ended on that day
We shall share His glory when our Lord appears.

Things will look so different in the morning
Mysteries of life will be explained.
Seeing Jesus as He is
In a body just like His
Things will look so different in the morning.

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Published as poem #54 in Contemporary Psalms and song #36 in "Sing and Give Thanks" 
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Photo credit: Joyce Rempel