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COULD THEY BUT KNOW

I sometimes think that God must surely smile,

While looking on His world so tenderly;

And whisper softly to His angels there:

“Could they but see."

His fretted world perplexed and worn and sad,

Distrustful of His watching thought the while;

Unmindful of the strength of love which shines

Behind God’s smile –

The kindest smile a weary world could know –

A smile that pities, loves, forgives and plans;

That knows earth’s strivings, failings, hopes and fears,

And understands.

Could they but see how near His angels are,

And know the grandeur of the ways they tread,

Or glimpse the land of happiness untold

Which lies ahead.  

I sometimes think that God must surely smile,

When looking on His troubled world below,

And whisper softly, tenderly, His thought:

“Could they but know.”

Author Unknown

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: 

now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 

1 Corinthians 13:12

A couple more cards I made.  

The photos aren't too good, but you can get the general idea.