Whatever Is--Is Best

 WHATEVER IS--IS BEST

I know, as my life grows older,

                  And mine eyes have clearer sight,

                    That under each rank wrong somewhere

      There lies the root of Right;

       That each sorrow has its purpose,

               By the sorrowing oft unguessed;

                 But as sure as the sun brings morning,

               Whatever is--is best.

I know that each sinful action,

                 As sure as the night brings shade,

         Is somewhere, sometime punished,

           Tho' the hour be long delayed.

I know that the soul is aided

                 Sometimes by the heart's unrest,

         And to grow means often to suffer--

          But whatever is--is best.

I know there are no errors,

   In the great Eternal plan,

And all things work together

     For the final good of man.

                          And I know when my soul speeds onward,

      In its grand Eternal quest,

               I shall say as I look back earthward,

             Whatever is--is best.

                                                                

                                                                          by  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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"As you overcome adversity in your life,

You will become stronger.  

Then you will be better able to help others--

those who are working, in their turn to find a safe harbor

from the storms that rage about them."

                                                               --by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (2002)

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Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin....Come What May and Love It  (2008)

http://lds.org/liahona/2008/11/come-what-may-and-love-it?lang=eng&query=come+may+love