It Takes the Bitter & Sweet to Make a Life Full & Complete : Helen S Rice

Life is a mixture
of sunshine and rain,

Laughter and teardrops,
pleasures and pain --

Low tides and high tides,
mountains and plains.

Triumphs, defeats
and losses and gains --

But ALWAYS in ALL WAYS
God's guiding and leading

And He alone knows
the things we're most needing --

And when He sends sorrow
or some dreaded affliction

Be sure that it comes
with God's kind benediction --

If we accept it
as a GIFT OF HIS LOVE

We'll be showered with blessings
from OUR FATHER ABOVE.