Trust and Obey

TRUST AND OBEY

   1.            When we walk with the Lord

           in the light of his word,

         what a glory he sheds on our way!

                While we do his good will,

          he abides with us still,

             and with all who will trust and obey.

Refrain:

            Trust and obey, for there's no other way

            to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2.        Not a burden we bear,

            not a sorrow we share,

            but our toil he doth richly repay;

       not a grief or a loss,

            not a frown or a cross,

            but is blest if we trust and obey.

3.            But we never can prove

            the delights of his love

       until all on the altar we lay;

            for the favor he shows,

            for the joy he bestows,

                     are for them who will trust and obey.

4.            Then in fellowship sweet

        we will sit at his feet,

            or we'll walk by his side in the way;

            what he says we will do,

               where he sends we will go;

    never fear, only trust and obey.

Larry mentioned this hymn at house church last weekend as a couple of us are leaving soon (me this week, nurse and her husband next month, and Heather later this fall).  It's my Grandma Ippel's favorite hymn and is such a beautiful song.  Think it's my favorite hymn too and also my prayer as I move back to the States this week.  That the Lord would seal in my character and being this part of my journey -- to always love what he loves, and never forget this place and time he's given me.