Thy Will For Me

I do not ask the "how" or "why"
No vision of the future, Lord.
But only that Thou point the way
Mid darkest night or toil of day.
By Thine almighty word.

I do not ask the "where" or "when"
Where'er Thou choosest I will go
And when: for I will follow Thee;
Thy time shall my desire be,
If Thou wild let me know.

The future, Lord, I do not seek,
Nor care to know where it may lead,
If only I may know Your will,
Be it for pleasure of for ill;
Thine, only Thine, I'll heed.

From out this doubting darkness,
Lord, Flash forth Thy light, show me Thy way.
Not mine I see, but Thine to do,
Thy will my calling to pursue;
Thine, only Thine, I pray.

Tomorrow's Work, Today

I see with startling clarity that life is never long enough to put off until tomorrow.
The things that are before are all too soon behind.
I can never pick up the years I've put down.
If I intend to walk with Christ tomorrow, I must start today.

*Ruth Harms Calkin*

A Deep Grace

Lord,
There are countless things in my life that are inexcusable.
There are things unaccountable and things unexplainable.
There are things irrefutable and things irresponsible.
But it comes to me with unutterable relief that
because of your amazing love,
NOTHING in my life is unforgivable.

*Ruth Harms Calkin*

Choose!

Choose to love- rather than hate
Choose to smile- rather than frown
Choose to build- rather than destroy
Choose to persevere- rather than quit
Choose to praise- rather than gossip
Choose to heal- rather than wound
Choose to give- rather than grasp
Choose to act- rather than delay
Choose to forgive- rather than curse
Choose to pray- rather than despair

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