OB 7:17-18{Terribly solemn and awful would be the thought that He has been trying us every moment, were it not for the yearning gentleness and love of the Father revealed in that wonderful expression of wonder, "What is man, that Thou shouldest set Thine heart upon him?" Think of that ceaseless setting of His heart upon us, careless and forgetful children as we have been! And then think of those other words, nonetheless literally true because given under a figure: "I, the Lord, do keep it; I will water it every moment.”
Look on to this
Through all perplexities of grief and strife—
To this, thy true maturity of life,
Thy coming bliss;
That such high gifts thy future dower may be,
And for such service high thy God prepareth thee.
What though today
Thou canst not trace at all the hidden reason
For His strange dealings through the trial-season—
Trust and obey.