In His Own Way

In His own way they come,

The answers to our prayers,

Now always as we thought they would,

Nor even as we fell they should–

But in the wisdom of a God

Who understands and cares.

In His own time we see

The things His love has planned;

And when we find that they are best,

We wonder that we did not rest,

But fretted since we could not see

The workings of His hand.

Oft’times He soon would send

The answers on their way

If we would take Him at His word,

Rejoicing that our prayers are heard,

And that His love the answer planned

Ere we had knelt to pray.