But I am poor and sorrowful:
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up high.
I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Psalm 69:29,30

Live by Faith and Not by Feelings

When everything is pleasant and bright
And the things we do turn out just right,
We feel without question that God is real,
For when we are happy, how good we feel,
But when the tides turn and gone is the song
And misfortune comes and our plans go wrong,
Doubt creeps in and we start to wonder
And our thoughts about God are torn asunder--
For we feel deserted in times of deep stress
Without God's presence to assure us and bless,
And it is when our senses are reeling
We realize clearly it's faith and not feeling
For it takes great faith to patiently wait,
Believing God comes not too soon or too late.
Helen Steiner Rice