Where To Look

I don’t look back ; God knows the fruitless efforts ,

   The wasted hours the sinning , the regrets;

I leave them all with Him who blots the record ,

  And mercifully forgives and then forgets .

I don’t look forward  : God sees all the future ,

   The road that short or long will lead me home .

And He will face with me its every trail ,

   And bear for me the burdens that may come .

I don’t look round me; then would fears assail me

  So dark the tumult of earth’s restless seas .

So dark the world , so filled with woe and evil ,

  So vain the hope of comfort or of ease .

I don’t look in , for then am I most wretched ;

   Myself has naught on which to stay my trust ,

Nothing I see ,save failures and shortcomings .

   And weak endeavors crumbling into dust ,

But I look up-into the face of Jesus ,

  For there my heart can rest , my fears are stilled ;

And there is joy and love and light for darkness ,

  And perfect peace and every hope fulfilled .

Jan Bagwell

God Bless !