Now this is a real poem! taken from John Piper’s website
I really suggest you read this whole web page through (link above)..it is so inspiring and explains God’s Sovereignty very clearly.
It was a pom used at the funeral of a mother and her child after they had been “mistakenly” shot by a stray bullet.
a poem by Martha Snell Nicholson (a “mendicant” is a beggar):
I stood a mendicant of God before His royal throne
And begged him for one priceless gift, which I could call my own.
I took the gift from out His hand, but as I would depart
I cried, “But Lord this is a thorn and it has pierced my heart.
This is a strange, a hurtful gift, which Thou hast given me.”
He said, “My child, I give good gifts and gave My best to thee.”
I took it home and though at first the cruel thorn hurt sore,
As long years passed I learned at last to love it more and more.
I learned He never gives a thorn without this added grace,
He takes the thorn to pin aside the veil which hides His face.
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