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 its 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.

AS YOUR DAYS, SO SHALL YOUR STRENGTH BE.

~ Annie Johnson Flint