Yes, the Lord knows all about it –
All about the path I tread:
All about the path I’ve journeyed,
All about the path ahead.
All my footsteps He has ordered,
And what greater joy can be
Than to know that, smooth or rugged,
All the way He walks with me.
Yes, the Lord knows all about it –
All about the pain we bear;
Not a pang, in mind or body
That He does not fully share.
Who can tell how much He suffered?
But He suffered not in vain!
And if we are called to suffer,
With Him also, we shall reign.
Yes, the Lord knows all about it –
All about thy conflict sore:
With the all too many failures,
But the issue ever sure;
For we’ve this undimmed assurance,
Based on His unerring Word –
Though Satanic hosts assail us,
We shall triumph in the Lord!
Yes, the Lord knows all about it –
Whatsoe’er the “It” may be
Burdens, sorrows, losses, weakness –
Each are ordered ministry.
Hush then, O impatient spirit,
Though the billows o’er me roll;
‘Tis His loved ones whom He chastens –
Love is fashioning the soul.