My life is but a weaving Between the Lord and me; I may not choose the colors–He knows what they should be.
For He can view the pattern Upon the upper side While I can see it only On this, the under side.
Sometimes He weaves in sorrow, Which seems so strange to me; But I will trust His judgment And work on faithfully.
‘Tis He who fills the shuttle, And He knows what is best; So I shall weave in earnest, And leave to Him the rest.
Not ’til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needed In the Weaver’s skillful hand As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned.
~ Benjamin Malachi Franklin
Update, 2/9/2012: At the time this post was published, we were not aware of the author of The Master Weaver’s Plan. Since that time we have received information that the author was Benjamin Malachi Franklin 1882-1965. He wrote the poem in the late forties. It was first published in ‘The Memphis Commercial Appeal’ newspaper in 1950, per his grandson Bob Corley.
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