One Day At A Time

One day at a time, with its failure and fears,
With its weakness and tears,
With its portion of pain and its burden of care;
One day at a time we must meet and must bear.

One day at a time,
But the day is so long
And the heart is not brave,
And the soul is not strong.

O Thou pitiful Christ,
Be Thou near all the way:
Give courage and paitence
and strength for the day.

Swift cometh this answer, so clear and so sweet,
"Yea, I will be with thee, thy troubles to meet;
I will not forget thee, nor fail thee, nor grieve,
I will not forske thee, I will never leave."

One day at a time,
and a day is His day.
He hath numbered its hours,
Though they haste or delay.

His grace is suffiecent;
We walk not alone.
As the day so the strength
That He giveth His own.

* Annie Johnson Flint*

I Will Not Hurry

I will not hurry through this day! Lord, I will listen by the way-
To humming bees and singing birds,
To speaking trees and friendly words.
And for the moments in between,
seek glimpses of thy great unseen.
I will not hurry through this day;
I will take time to think and pray.
I will look up into the sky,
Where fleecy clouds and swallows fly.
And somewhere in the day, maybe
I will catch whispers, Lord, from Thee.

*Ralph Spaulding Cushman*

God's Will

I know not by what methods rare,
But this I know; God answers prayer.
I know not if the blessing sought
Will come in just the guise I thought.
I leave my prayer to Him alone,
Whose will is wiser than my own.

Eliza M. Hickok

New Every Morning

Yes, "new every morning,"
though we may awake,
Our hearts with old sorrow
beginning to ache;
With old work unfinished
when night stayed our hand;
With new duties waiting,
unknown and unplanned;
With old care still pressing,
to fret and to vex;
With new problems rising,
our minds to perplex;
In ways long familiar,
in paths yet untrod;
Oh, new every morning
the mercies of God!
His faithfulness fails not,
it meets each new day;
New guidance for every
new step of the way;
New grace for new trials,
new trust for old fears;
New patience for bearing
the wrongs of the years;
New strength for new burdens,
new courage for old;
New faith for whatever
the day may unfold;
As fresh for each need
as the dew on the sod;
Oh, new every morning
the mercies of God!
~
Annie Johnson Flint

Resting

Jesus, I am resting, resting
In the joy of what Thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart.
Thou hast bid me gaze upon Thee,
And Thy beauty fills my soul,
For by Thy transforming power
Thou hast made me whole.
Simply trusting Thee, Lord Jesus,
I behold Thee as Thou art,
And Thy love, so pure, so changeless,
Satisfies my heart -
Satisfies its deepest longings,
Meets, supplies its every need,
Compasseth me round with blessings:
Thine is love indeed!

- Jean Sophia Pigott

Jesus' Little Lamb

I am Jesus' little lamb,
Ever glad at heart I am;
For my Shepherd gently guides me,
Knows my need, and well provides me,
Loves me every day the same,
Even calls me by my name.
- Henrietta Hayn, 1778

Lord, Give Us...

Strength for the journey
Protection for the way
Light for the path
And grace for the day

Comfort in your presence
Peace in the night
Endurance for the climbing
Until home is in sight