The Dark Night of Peace

Take heart when darkness blinds the glowing day
Before your eyes. It is no more than night.
Be still, be still. Peace will yet guide the way.

There is no sky whose fearsome cast of gray
Can close God's eyes, or darken His Truth's light.
Take heart when darkness blinds the glowing day.

This moment comes to all who seek to stay
Close to the heart of God. In delight
Be still, be still. Peace will yet guide the way.

Your eyes grow weary and dark; watch and pray
Until your earnest prayers and faith turn sight.
Take heart when darkness blinds the glowing day.

The anguished heart lifts its voice to say,
"Enough. I'm through. I can no longer fight."
Be still, be still. Peace will yet guide the way.

Notice, now, your deepening faith's array,
And love's growing bloom, and hope's fledgling flight.
Take heart when darkness blinds the glowing day.
Be still, be still. Peace will yet guide the way.