Edward Riederich
When the Bitter Leads to Blessing
Ruth 1-2
When in life you experience the bitterÂ
One important thing you must considerÂ
Though painful trials can be distressingÂ
Sometimes the bitter will lead you to blessingÂ
Frequently God will delay to deliverÂ
His narrow road does not always glitterÂ
But we have to trust and not start guessing
When darkness all around us is pressingÂ
God's ways and His plans are so much biggerÂ
Still His light at times seems so much dimmerÂ
Though at intervals we can be stressingÂ
Yet step by step we are still progressingÂ
Naomi went through a time that was bitterÂ
Even in tough times she was not a quitterÂ
The loss of her family was depressingÂ
But it led her into amazing blessingÂ
Naomi could not view the whole pictureÂ
But she would journey through this the victorÂ
And when you find yourself in times depressingÂ
By faith in Jesus keep on confessingÂ
To Bethlehem He led her in the bitterÂ
God saw her heart and she would not witherÂ
If you hold on to God through the distressingÂ
You will exchange the bitter for a blessingÂ