God Plans the Best for Me

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I cannot tell, I do not know, What in the future days may be

Author: Lizzie DeArmond (1929)
Tune: [I cannot tell, I do not know] (Vaughan)
Published in 15 hymnals

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1 I cannot tell, I do not know
What in the future days may be,
If joy or pain my lot below,
God plans the very best for me.

Chorus:
God plans the best, He cares for me.
In ev'ry thing His love I see,
God plans the best, whate'er befall,
I'm safe with Him who knows it all.

2 The present time is all I own,
If troubles come my Lord is there,
I do not bear them all alone,
He lifts my heart above despair. [Chorus]

3 So on my way I joyful sing,
His hand divine is holding me.
What e'er the coming years may bring,
God plans the very best for me. [Chorus]

Source: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #918

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I cannot tell, I do not know, What in the future days may be
Title:	God Plans the Best for Me
Author:	Lizzie DeArmond (1929)
Meter:	8.8.8.8 with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	God plans the best, He cares for me
Copyright:	Public Domain