Weaving between God & Me

I'd like to share this. Fr Philip Heng, SJ shared this poem in his homily on 23 January 2011. I pray that God will use it to touch even more hearts just as He has to mine.

My life is but a weaving

          between God and me;

I may not choose the colours,

          He knows what they should be;

For He can view the pattern 

          from the upper side

While I can see it only

          on this the under side.

Sometimes He weaves sorrow 

          which seems strange to me;

But, I will trust His judgment,

          and work and walk on faithfully;

It is He who fills the shuttle,

          He knows what is best;

So I shall weave in earnest 

          and leave with Him the rest.

At last when life is ended,

          with Him I shall abide,

Then I may view the pattern

          upon the upper side;

Then I shall know the reason 

          why pain with joy entwined

was woven in the fabric 

          of life that God designed.

The only words needed then is:

          Father, Your Will be done.

Nothing more, Nothing less.

Nothing else. Amen.