Most beautiful rendition I’ve heard of this poem. Thank you for sharing your gift.

Wonderful setting of this amazing text by Cowper.

Can someone please find Chords for this song? i would love to hear what it sounds like on guitar!

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What do you do when things happen in life that you just don't understand? Unfulfilled dreams, the loss of a job, the loss of a parent, a spouse or a child, depression and darkness that won't go away; these are all things we would rather not experience. But in the midst of these things, is there a greater purpose at work? Is there any ultimate reason these things happen?

The God of the Bible says, 

“Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, you transgressors,
remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,
declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

Much of life is a mystery and the question, "Why God?" may be among the most asked in all of history. In some cases, the answer is shrouded. It looks and feels like God is against humanity and sometimes he does bring judgment for sins. But for his children, for those who have trusted completely in his Son, Jesus, for the forgiveness of their sins, God always has a better plan than the one we could ever dream up for ourselves. 

His promise to his children is that he is working all things together for the good of those who are the called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28). We may never understand in this life why certain things happen. But as Deuteronomy 29:29 says, 
“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law."

What God choose to keep hidden in his sovereignty is his to hide, but what we can be sure of, what will hold on to us in times of seemingly unexplainable suffering and hardship, is the truth that in Christ, God is for us and not against us. He is faithful and he is at work and we can trust him.

The writer of these hymn verses, William Cowper, suffered most of his life with severe and prolonged bouts with depression and attempted suicide several times but failed each and every time because God had a different plan. Cowper, though often weak and frail in heart, penned these words in faith that "behind a frowning providence, God hides a smiling face." Cowper ultimately believed that God was trustworthy and though he struggled to believe it and live in light of it, the promises of God held him in the midst of the storms.

Whatever you've been through, whatever you're going through, and whatever may be coming your way, if you will trust God for the grace to see with eyes of faith, that he is ultimately working for you in Christ, you will endure, seeing his face within the mystery of his unsearchable ways.

God Moves In A Mysterious Way

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God Moves In A Mysterious Way

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