.as long as you are glorified.

shall I take from Your hand Your blessings
yet not welcome any pain
shall I thank You for days of sunshine
yet grumble in days of rain
shall I love You in times of plenty
then leave You in days of drought
shall I trust when I reap a harvest
but when winter winds blow, then doubt

oh let Your will be done in me
in Your love I will abide
ih I long for nothing else as long
as You are glorified

are You good only when I prosper
and true only when I’m filled
are You King only when I’m carefree
and God only when I’m well
You are good when I’m poor and needy
You are true when I’m parched and dry
You still reign in the deepest valley
You’re still God in the darkest night

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A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and actions of His people. If we were what we profess to be, and what we should be, we should be pictures of Christ; yea, such striking likenesses of Him, that the world would not have to hold us up by the hour together, and say, "Well, it seems somewhat of a likeness;" but they would, when they once beheld us, exclaim, "He has been with Jesus; he has been taught of Him; he is like Him; he has caught the very idea of the holy Man of Nazareth, and he works it out in his life and every-day actions."

_ Charles Spurgeon.