John Oxenham

Wasted?

   Think not of any one of them as wasted,
   Or to the void like broken tools outcasted,—
   Unnoticed, unregretted, and unknown.
   Not so is His care shown.
 
   Know this!—
   In God’s economy there is no waste,
   As in His Work no slackening, no haste;
   But noiselessly, without a sign,
   The measure of His vast design
   Is all fulfilled, exact as He hath willed.
 
   And His good instruments He tends with care,
   Lest aught their future usefulness impair,—
   As Master-craftsman his choice tools doth tend,
   Respecting each one as a trusty friend,
   Cleans them, and polishes, and puts away,
   For his good usage at some future day;—
   So He unto Himself has taken these,
   Not to their loss but to their vast increase.
   To us,—the loss, the emptiness, the pain;
   But unto them—all high eternal gain.
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