"What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter."
Much is baffling and perplexing to us in God's 'present dealings. "What!" we are often ready to exclaim, " could not the cup have been less bitter—the trial less severe—the road less rough and dreary?" Hush thy misgivings, says a gracious God; arraign not the rectitude of My dispensations. Thou shalt yet see all revealed and made bright in the mirror of eternity. What I do—it is all My doing, My appointment. Thou hast but a partial view of these dealings; thou canst see naught but plans crossed and gourds laid low. But I see the end from the beginning.
" Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Prudent, and he shall know them? For the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them."