Puzzles

"It puzzles me; but, Lord, You understand,
And will one day explain this crooked thing.
Meanwhile, I know that it has worked out Your best-
It's very crookedness taught me to cling.

You have fenced up my ways, made my paths crooked,
To keep my wandering eyes fixed on You,
To make me what I was not; humble, patient;
To draw my heart from earthly love to You.

So I will thank and praise You for this puzzle,
And trust where I cannot understand.
Rejoicing You do hold me worth such testing,
I cling the closer to Your guiding hand."