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God's Lent Gift

"I'll lend you for a little while 

A Gift of mine," God said;

"For you to love the while it lives

And mourn for when it's dead."

"It may be one or two years,

Or forty-two or three.

But will you, till I call it back.

Take care of it for me?"

"It'll bring its charms to gladden you;

And should it stay be brief,

You'll have its lovely memories

As a solace for your grief."

"I cannot promise it will stay,

Since all from earth return;

But the lessons taught in earthly realm

I want this gift to learn."

"I've looked the whole world over

In search of teachers true;

And from the ones that crowd life's lane,

I have chosen you."

"Will you give it all your tender care,

Nor think the labor vain,

Nor hate Me when I come to take

This lent gift back again?"

And we said,

"Dear Lord, Thy will be done.

For joys Thy gift will bring,

The risk of grief we'll run."

"We'll shelter it with tenderness;

We'll love it while we may;

And for the happiness we've known,

Forever grateful stay."

"But should Thy angels call for it

Much sooner than we've planned,

We'll brave the grief that comes to us

And try to understand."

Edgar A. Guest

(*for general purpose, he become it, child become gift and father then and mother become we)

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the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away;
blessed be the name of the LORD. Job 1 : 21b