God's Boxes

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God's Boxes
Tue, 08-16-2005 - 10:34am
God's Boxes


I have in my hands two boxes,


Which God gave me to hold.


He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,


And all your joys in the gold."


I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,


Both my joys and sorrows I stored,


But though the gold became heavier each day,


The black was as light as before.




With curiosity, I opened the black,


I wanted to find out why,


And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,


Which my sorrows had fallen out by.



I showed the hole to God, and mused,


"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"


He smiled a gentle smile and said,


"My child, they're all here with me."