Streams in the Desert December 28 Daily Devotional

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice (Phil. 4:4).
Sing a little song of trust, O my heart!
Sing it just because you must, As leaves start;
As flowers push their way through dust; Sing, my heart, because you must.
Wait not for an eager throng- Bird on bird;
'Tis the solitary song That is heard.
Every voice at dawn will start, Be a nightingale, my heart!
Sing across the winter snow, Pierce the cloud;
Sing when mists are drooping low- Clear and loud;
But sing sweetest in the dark; He who slumbers not will hark.
"An' when He hears yo' sing, He bends down wid a smile on His kin' face an' listens mighty keerful, an' He says, 'Sing on, chile, I hears, an' I's comin' down to deliber yo': I'll tote dat load fer yo; jest lean hawd on Me and de road will get smoother bime by."'