Mary had been a widow, very poor, and totally housebound
because of her ailments in old age. But like the psalmist,
she had learned to praise God amid her hardships. Over the
years she had come to savor with deep gratitude every good
thing He sent her way. Her pastor said he occasionally would
visit her at home. Because of her crippling pain, it took her
a long time to inch her way to the door to let him in. So he
would call on the telephone and tell her that he was on his
way and the time he would get there. Mary would then begin the
slow, arduous journey to the door, reaching it about the time
he arrived. Without fail, he could count on her greeting him
with these triumphant words: "God is good!" Taken From ODB

I've observed that those who speak most often about
God's goodness are usually those with the most trials.
They choose to focus on the Lord's mercy and grace ratherL
than on their troubles, and in so doing they taste His goodness.ODB

~*Farther Up The Road*~

It seems the leaves are all turning
The fields have turned brown
Some days she stares into open space
And feels so far down

But a brighter day is coming
To lay down her heavy load
Don't know just when it'll be
A little farther up the road

She worked hard all her life
But visitors she has few
Her days are long and endless
She don't know what to do

Her children have forsaken her
She sits alone in her little abode
But she will forget that by and by
A little farther up the road

Her nights are sad and sleepless
Her pillow soaked with tears
Her body ached with arthritis
She was getting on in years

But she still loved the Savior
Seeds for Him she'd sowed
She expects one day to meet Him
A little farther up the road

Where her trials and troubles will be over
On Heaven's Shore she'll stand
She'll see her dear companion
And he'll reach for her hand

Gone will be the loneliness
She'll lay down that heavy load
Peace at last encamped around her
A little farther up the road

~*İRaylene Boggs*~2003

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