Be Still

Times were bleak, the news was bad,
The world was troubled, confused and sad,
I cried, "Dear God, why should this be"?
God said, "Dear Child, be still and know me."
Nothing seemed to go my way,
Things went wrong throughout the day,
I cried, "Dear God, why must this be"?
God said, "Dear Child, be still and know me."
I lay awake with troubled thought,
I could not rest, with sleep I fought.
I cried, "Dear God, how can this be"?
God said, "Dear Child, be still and know me."
I tried to tell God how things should be,
I thought I knew what was best for me,
I cried, "Dear God, why can’t this be"?
God said, "Dear Child, be still and know me."
I opened my Bible, I read His Word,
I found the peace, for which I’d yearned,
I cried, "Dear God, why couldn’t I see"?
God said, "Dear Child, you forgot to be still and know me."
Now when life seems hard to bear,
When I worry and despair,
I know the secret; I’ve found the key,
To hear God say, "Be still and know me!"