Biblical Essays
HE CARES FOR ME
“Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are” (John 17:11, NKJV).
Want can it mean? Is it aught to Him
That the nights are long and days are dim?
Can He be touched by the grief I bear,
Which saddens the heart and whitens hair?
Around His throne are eternal calms,
And the constant sound of happy psalms,
And blissful throngs without any strife,
How can He care for my little life?
And yet I want Him to care for me
As long as I live where sorrows be!
When the lights die down from paths I take,
When strength is feeble and friends forsake,
When love and music that once did bless
Have turned to silence and loneliness,
And my life-song turns to sobbing prayers,
Then my heart cries out for One who cares.
When shadows hang o’er the whole day long,
And my heart is bowed with shame and wrong.
When things I do make the candle fade,
And conscious sin makes my heart afraid.
When this old world has too much to do
To stay in its course to help me through,
I need a Savior, O can it be
That Jehovah knows and cares for me?
O wonderful Truth of deathless love!
Each child is dear to that heart above.
He fights for me when I cannot fight;
He comforts me in the gloom of night;
He lifts the burden, for He is strong;
He stills the sigh and awakes the song;
The sorrow that bows me down He bears,
And loves and pardons because He cares!
Let all who are sad take heart again;
We are not alone in hours of pain;
Our Father stoops from His throne above,
To soothe and quiet with His precious love;
He leaves us not when the storm is high,
And we have safety, for He is nigh;
Can it be trouble, which He doth share?
O rest in peace, for the Lord does care!
(Dr. William Harrison)
