From a Reed to a Rock

Through stress and struggle, care and conflict—

According to His clock—

He took a reed, so weak and common,

And changed it to a rock.

When heaven’s fire fell on Peter

He fed God’s ready flock.

Through times of testing, times of trouble,

That reed became a rock.

God’s holy fire keeps on burning

And turning reeds to rock;

That Spirit still empowers people 

To feed His precious flock.