# “Priest Most High” by tollelege

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2006/11/16/priest-most-high-by-tollelege/
- Published: 2006-11-16T19:57:50-06:00
- Author: tollelege

When trials come, instead of murmuring against the Almighty, we ought to trust that
our Heavenly Father knows best. His ways are higher than our ways. He is good and
does good (Psalms 119:68a). The great hymn writer William Cowper wrote: “Judge not
the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.” Allison and I encountered a frowning providence in October
2004 when we lost our first child to a miscarriage. In light of that painful season,
I wrote her a poem called “Priest Most High.” I share it with you not because I 
think it is good poetry but rather because it expresses something of what I learned
during that trial, namely, to always trust and treasure Jesus Christ as my heavenly
High Priest.

I write to you in rhyming pairs
 As your best friend who deeply cares And loves 
you even more than life, For you are my excellent wife. Father and mother, you did
leave. As husband and wife, we now cleave. Our sovereign God’s heart did please 
To fuse our homes and lives in these Past three years in which we have seen Laughs
and tears and all in between. Remember even when we weep The Shepherd knows and 
loves His sheep. When He leads us through dark seasons We aren’t always given reasons
For the sorrow He wisely brings. Our great Father’s love sometimes stings. In these
sad times we turn to He Who endured such hostility Against Himself, and yet who 
spoke Not a word against those who broke His body upon Calvary’s tree, Bearing the
sins of you and me. In dying, His perfect life He gave. His rising once, our souls
did save. This risen Christ sends sweet relief For souls attacked by unbelief. The
Savior knows well that our frame Is weak. And we know that this same Savior did 
our flesh likewise take, God incarnated for our sake. By faith do we draw near the
throne Pleading His precious blood alone. Free grace and mercy, we do find In times
of need. We are refined By all the trials He sends our way. Yet we hear the Refiner
say: “No tempting will on you befall That is not common to man. All The grace you
need, I will ensure To gird you up. You shall endure!” In times of doubt and dark
despair Our comfort lies in Him whose prayer Before the throne of God does now Bring
to us grace. So may we bow With covered mouths and do draw nigh And worship Him 
as Priest Most High.

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