Leanna's New Favorite Song

This song has been steadily repeated in my mind for the past few weeks after hearing it at our church for the first time awhile back.  It is so rich and comforting, no matter what you are walking through.  It has brought me back to resting upon God and His sovereignty multiple times when big questions regarding Karis come up in my mind.


Whate’er my God Ordains Is Right
By: Samuel Rodigast (an old, dead German man)

1. Whate’er my God ordains is right,
Holy His will abideth.
I will be still whate’er He does,
And follow where He guideth.
He is my God,
Though dark my road.
He holds me that I shall not fall
Wherefore to Him I leave it all

2. Whate’er my God ordains is right,
He never will deceive me
He leads me by the proper path,
I know He will not leave me
I take, content,
What He hath sent
His hand can turn my griefs away
And patiently I wait His day

3. Whate’er my God ordains is right,
Though now this cup in drinking
May bitter seem to my faint heart,
I take it all unshrinking
My God is true,
Each morn anew
Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart
And pain and sorrow shall depart

4. Whate’er my God ordains is right,
Here shall my stand be taken
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet I am not forsaken
My Father’s care
Is round me there
He holds me that I shall not fall
And so to Him I leave it all

I think it may be based off of this passage {or so says Wikipedia anyway}:

“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he."  (Deut. 32:4)

Here's the way we sing it at church {though this guy isn't actually related to our church at all}: