Grief and Grace

"And Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and... an Egyptian bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man... the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight" (Genesis 39:1-4). "But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18).

There is grace for every grief
That we may thereby grow.
There is promise of relief
Our Savior will bestow.

There is grace when we abound,
And when we are abased,
Just as Joseph likewise found
The grace of God he traced.

There is grace amid the strife
To give us inward calm.
In each season of our life,
There is a healing balm.

There is grace today, tomorrow,
And grace for all the past.
God will show that even sorrow
Was for our good at last.