Blessings come from unexpected places. This blog entry is the result of meeting a new friend on Facebook who published the following poem on her profile page. She tells me that someone handed her a copy of it in a church parking lot once, at a time she really needed to hear these words.

Note from Patricia Cummings, 2/28/10: Before now, I was unaware of Grant Colfax Tuller (1869-1950), the author of this poem. He was born two years after Ellen Webster, the instructor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College about whom I wrote such a lengthy book, and he died the same year that she did. Its always interesting to find comparatives in History. Tuller was a minister in New Jersey. It is an interesting to imagine that Ellen Webster might have known of his hymns and religious work. Here is the poem:

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The imagery of this poem is powerful and thought-provoking. How many times do we see something as a curse, when it is actually a blessing? Even the hardships we endure are there for a reason: as a learning experience, and as a way to be shaped by God’s hand as a blacksmith would change the shape of a horseshoe with anvil and fire.

A quick Google search reveals that Reverend Tuller wrote the lyrics to the hymn, “Face to Face,” (words now in the public domain), as well as those of “Under the Banner of Jesus.” According to a reproduced article online from order viagra online without a prescription magazine, Tuller is credited with writing the words to a hymn for a dedication of Alma Temple in 1937. Perhaps his autobiography, order viagra online without a prescription reveals some of his other poetry and lyrics.

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Have a great Sunday!

Patricia Cummings