--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 it's 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 wrong;
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 Thou merciful Christ,
be Thou near all the way;
Give courage and patience
and strength for the day.
Swift cometh His 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 forsake thee;
I never will leave."Not yesterday's load we
are called on to bear.
Nor the morrow's uncertain
and shadowy care;
Why should we look forward
or back with dismay?
Our needs, as our mercies,
are but for the day.
One day at a time,
and the day is His day;
He hath numbered its hours,
though they haste or delay.
His grace is sufficient,
we walk not alone;
As the day, so the strength
that He giveth His own.
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--Annie Johnson Flint --
