Is There No Other Way, Oh God?

[1LoverofGod]

Is there no other way, Oh God,
Except through sorrow, pain and loss?
To stamp Christ's likeness on my soul,
No other way except the cross?
And then a voice stills all my soul,
That stilled the waves of Galilee,
"Cans't thou not bear the furnace
If midst the flames I walk with thee?
I bore the cross, I know its weight,
I drank the cup I hold for thee.
Cans't thou not follow where I lead?
I'll give thee strength, lean hard on Me."
–Author unknown

 

[Margery]

I was feeling that yesterday, just tired, and another wave of grief. Daughter visited with the 2 youngest grands, and so tired afterwards.

Those waves aren't pleasant. But I know the One who walks thru them with me.