-one day at a time-

-one day at a time-

one day at a time, with its failures and fears,

with its hurts and mistakes,

with its weakness and tears,

with its portion of pain and burden of care,

one day at a time we must meet and must bear

one day at a time to be patient and strong;

to be calm under trial and sweet under worng;

then its toiling shall pass and its sorrow shall cease;

it shall darken and die, and the night shall bring peace.

one day at a time-but the day is so long,

and the heart is not brave, and the soul is not strong,

O dear Lord be near me all the way

give me courage and patience and strength for each day.

swift cometh the answer, so clear and sweet;

"Yea, I will be with thenn, thy troubles to meet;

I will not forget thee, nor fail thee, nor grieve;

I will not forsake thee, I NEVER will leave."

not yesterday's load we are called on to bear,

Nor tommorrow's uncertain and shadowy care;

why should we look forward or back with dismay?

our needs, as our mercies. are but for that day.

one day at a times, and the day is His day;

He has numbered its hours,

though they haste or delay,

His grace is sufficient; we walk not alone;

As the day, so the strength that He gives is His own.

-Annie Johnson Flint-