First "crop" of okra from the garden! :-)

A Sense of Peace

When passing through the heat and fire,

Three things sustain my mind and heart;

Though still I may not understand,

A sense of peace they do impart.

Beyond all else, I must believe

That what my Father up above

Allows to come into my life

Is based on His unchanging love.

Then this, too, I must remember,

That nothing e'er escapes God's eye.

He is aware of everything.

He even knows before I cry.

And then this, too, I must believe

Down deep within my troubled soul,

That nothings in this universe

Is ever out of God's control.

~Eugene L. Clark

illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com

"The Peaceful Village" by Henry John Yeend King