Sometimes I wonder when things go so wrong,
Has God forsaken and left me alone?
Then I remember through trials and distress,
He's always with me
I'm most richly blessed…
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might do greater things,
I asked for richest , that I might be happy,
I was given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men,
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God,
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life,
I got nothing that I asked for-but everything that I had hoped for
And almost despite myself my unspok