Contentment

I am content to be
What God has made me: honour and renown
I seek not from this world, nor fear its frown.
God knows and honours me. His child and heir
He made me; then what matters it if here
Unknown and poor I live,--a little while,
And I shall bask in His benignant smile
To all eternity.

I am content to do
What God has bid me: He, the Master, knows
What work I am best fit for, and He shows
Me how to do it. His command is law;
His the responsibility. In awe
And fear of failure, I seek to obey
And leave results to Him, and daily pray
To be more faithful, true.

I am content to go
Where God sees fit to send me: everywhere
His presence I can feel, His sweet voice hear,
His footprints see, His guiding hand discern,
His loving-kindness taste, His precepts learn.
Each step, though dark and difficult the way,
Leads me but nearer to eternal day--