His Nest

I toss and turn all through the night

And wonder if it’s wrong or right

Is it a sin to say to God,

“Oh Lord, I think your system’s flawed”

Or will He love me any less

If I blame Him for my distress?

My mind thinks back to servant Job,

I tremble as he tears his robe

And shaves his very head of hair

And cries to God a humble prayer,

“The Lord who gives and takes away,

I’ll bless him even on this day.”

But was it sin for Job to say,

It was the Lord who took away?

And in his weary worship song,

Did this great man charge God with wrong?

Or does God only rule the light?

And Satan triumphs in the night?

Who should I curse when trials come?

I search and wonder who they’re from

Did God devise this scary plan?

Or is this all in Satan’s hand?

Is this dark storm beyond His might?

Or am I solo on this flight?

When questions enter in my mind

His word reminds me, He is kind

Job did not sin when he proclaimed

It was the Lord who took away

He did not charge his God with wrong

When he cried out his worship song

So when I do not understand

The mighty way He guides His hand

I’ll bless the Lord for bad and good

And know that only His hand could

Put me through a grueling test

While still protected in His nest

He only gives and takes away

In order to at last portray

His perfect kindness and His plan

To rescue undeserving man

His will, when times are good or grim

Is so we might know more of Him 

20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

Job 1:20-22