Sunday Refresher

So, I have a bit of trouble designating one hymn as my favorite.  It kind of changes from day to day, circumstance to circumstance.  My favorite hymn today has been Be Still, My Soul.  It's been one of those weeks where I've just let myself be caught up in the world and forgotten who I am -- a daughter of God.  For some reason this hymn always brings me back to my Heavenly Father and my Savior.  It always reminds me that they are there always and continually reaching out, waiting for me to ask for help.  This song always reminds me of their deep and incomparable care for me.

Be still, my soul: The Lord is on thy side;
With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: Thy best, thy heav'nly Friend
Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul: Thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: The waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

Be still, my soul: The hour is hast'ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: When change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Text: Katharina von Schlegel, b. 1697;
trans. by Jane Borthwick, 1813-1897