Wait

If but one message I may leave behind,

one single word of courage for mankind,

It would be this: Oh brother, sister, friend,

Whatever life may bring, what God may send,

No matter whether clouds lift soon or late-

take heart and wait.

Despair may tangle darkly at your feet,

Your faith be dimmed, and hope, once cool and sweet,

Be lost- but suddenly above a hill,

A heavenly lamp set on a heavenly sill 

Will shine for you and point the way to go.

How well I know!

For I have waited through the dark, and I

Have seen a star rise in the blackest sky,

Repeatedly- it has not failed me yet;

And I have learned God never will forget

to light His lamp. If we but wait for it,

It will be.