For Love had gathered me into His arms

Love, traveling in the greatness of His strength,

Found me alone,

Footsore and tired by the journey’s length,

Though I had known,

All the long way many a kindly air,

And flowers had blossomed for me everywhere.

And yet Love found me fearful, and He stayed;

Love stayed by me.

“Let not your heart be troubled or dismayed,

My child,” said He.

Slipped from me then all troubles, all alarms;

For Love had gathered me into His arms.

Amy Carmichael – Gold by Moonlight.