TEST - “There Is a Reason for Everything”

Our Father tests us often
With suffering and with sorrow;
He tests us not to punish us,
But to help us meet tomorrow.

For growing trees are strengthened
When they withstand the storm;
And the sharp cut of a chisel
Gives the marble grace and form....

So whenever we are troubled
And when everything goes wrong,
It is just God working in us
To make our spirits strong.

- The poet Helen Steiner Rice