Lord, You

Sometimes I'm so high that it seems
Life will never
be anything
but rainbows
and sunrise,
and wildflowers
And I thank you for that.

But sometimes I'm so low that it seems
Life will never
be anything
but heartache,
and pain,
and death all around me.
And I thank you for that.

I thank you for the sunlit times
Because I know that they are what they are
Because of you.
I thank you even more for the times of despair,
of hopelessness,
of weeping and sorrowing through the night
Because You are the Joy that comes in the morning.