In His own way they come,
The answers to our prayers;
Not always as we thought they would,
Nor even as we felt they should:
But in the wisdom of a God
Who understands and cares.
In His own time we see
The things His love has planned;
And when we find that they are best,
We wonder that we did not rest,
But fretted that we could not see
The workings of His hand.
Ofttimes He soon would send
The answers on their way
If we would take Him at His word,
Rejoicing that our prayers are heard,
And that His love had planned our way
Before we knelt to pray.