So tell me, Job, after all your pain,
Is God really fair or not?
"Fair's not the issue, rather, who is God?
And He never wastes His people."
Abram, going out—you knew not where—
To follow an uncertain call.
Surely you thought you'd missed the way?
"Yes, but God doesn't waste His people."
And Esther, weren't you a bit afraid
That God might not come through?
"Of course I feared, but in life or death,
God doesn't waste His people."
And you, stretched out upon your cross,
Cannot picture redemption's reach.
No, nor could our Lord Himself,
But God never wastes His people.
--MZC (for the B's)
