# [Untitled article]

Poem

Language: en  
Author: \-by Annie Johnson Flint  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of the Remnant, Winter 2021, Number 4  
Source pages: 33  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/article/>
Original PDF: Winter\-2021\-Remnant\(3\)\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of the Remnant, Winter 2021](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2021-winter/>)

1\.  
 God has not promised skies always blue,  
 Flower\-strewn pathways all our lives through;  
 God has not promised sun without rain,  
 Joy without sorrow, peace without pain\.

Refrain:  
 But God has promised strength for the day,  
 Rest for the labor, light for the way,  
 Grace for the trials, help from above,  
 Unfailing kindness, undying love\.

2\.  
 God has not promised we shall not know  
 Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;  
 He has not told us we shall not bear  
 Many a burden, many a care\.

3\.  
 God has not promised smooth roads and wide,  
 Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;  
 Never a mountain rocky and steep,  
 Never a river turbid and deep\.