But God ...

I know not, but God knows;

Oh, blessed rest from fear!

All my unfolding days

To Him are plain and clear.

Each anxious, puzzled "Why?"

From doubt or dread that grows,

Finds answer in this thought;

I know not, but He knows.

I cannot, but God can;

Oh, balm for all my care!

The burden that I drop

His hand will lift and bear.

Though eagle pinions tire

I walk where once I ran,

This is my strength, to know

I cannot, but God can.

I see not, but God sees;

Oh, all-sufficient light!

My dark and hidden way

To Him is always bright.

My strained and peering eyes

May close in restful ease,

And I in peace may sleep;

I see not, but He sees.

[Annie Johnson Flint]

                                                                           

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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 piteous Christ, be near all the way;

Give courage and patience, and strength for the day.

Swift cometh His answer, so clear and so sweet;

"Yes I will be with you, your troubles to meet;

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

I will not forsake you; 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 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 giveth His own.

[Annie Johnson Flint]

Deuteronomy 33:25 ...  Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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Grace ...

His grace is great enough to meet the great things 

The crashing waves that overwhelm the soul, 

The roaring winds that leave us stunned and breathless, 

The sudden storm beyond our life’s control. 

His grace is great enough to meet the small things 

The little pin-prick troubles that annoy, 

The insect worries, buzzing and persistent, 

The squeaking wheels that grate upon our joy. 

[Annie Johnson Flint]

2 Corinthians 12:9 ... And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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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 piteous Christ, be near all the way;

Give courage and patience, and strength for the day.

Swift comes His answer, so clear and so sweet;

"Yes, I'll be with you, your troubles to meet;

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

I will not forsake you; 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 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 His own.

[Annie Johnson Flint]

Hebrews 13:5 ... Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Matthew 6:34 ... Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.❤

Don’t Let the Song Go Out of Your Life

Don’t let the song go out of your life
Though it chance sometimes to flow
In a minor strain; it will blend again
With the major tone you know.

What though shadows rise to obscure life’s skies,
And hide for a time the sun,
The sooner they’ll lift and reveal the rift,
If you let the melody run.

Don’t let the song go out of your life;
Though the voice may have lost its trill,
Though the tremulous note may die in your throat,
Let it sing in your spirit still.

Don’t let the song go out of your life;
Let it ring in the soul while here;
And when you go hence, ‘twill follow you thence,
And live on in another sphere.

[Annie Johnson Flint]

Psalm 30:2 ... To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Psalm 32:11 ... Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalm 96:2 ... Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.❤

Counted Worthy

This weighty burden thou dost bear,
This heavy cross,
It is a gift the Lord bestows,
And not a loss;
It is a trust that He commits
Unto thy care,
A precious lesson He has deigned
With thee to share.

Rejoice that He so honors thee
And so esteems
Of highest worth; the crown of thorns
With Him to wear,
And all the suffering of that crown
With Him to bear,
That by and by His glory, too,
With Him thou’lt share.

[Annie Johnson Flint]

Acts 5:41 ...  And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

1 Peter 3:14 ... But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

Romans 8:17-18 ... And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.❤

Come Unto Me

Come unto Me, all ye that labor,
That sink beneath your load of care;
Come unto Me when shadows gather,
And raise your hearts to Me in prayer.
I wait to give your souls a blessing,
To lift you upward to My breast;
Come, weary, worn, and heavy-laden,
And I will give you rest.

Come unto Me, all ye that hunger,
When all your fairest hopes have died;
When all the joys that Earth can give you
Have left you still unsatisfied;
Her stony bread and broken cisterns
Your thirsting souls forever mock;
Come unto Me, and I will give you
The water from the Rock.

Come unto Me, ye brokenhearted
Who walk alone life's thorny ways;
For you I felt Myself forsaken,
And now am with you all the days.
My love alone is everlasting;
The heart I made, shall I not fill?
Come, lonely, sad, your want confessing;
And all your longing still.

[Annie Johnson Flint]

Matthew 11:28-30 ... Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. ❤

Follow Thou Me

Follow~not go ahead at thine own pleasure, Nor turn aside at thine own wayward will, Nor stray afar in search of other treasure, But close at hand, where I can aid thee still; Across the sea and through the desert places, Onward and upward by the one sure way, Till thou shalt sit with me in heavenly places Amid the splendors of eternal day.

And~follow thou; for thee my call is sounded; All that I suffered~was it not for thee? For thee my soul was bruised, my body wounded, I died, from sin and death to set thee free; No other hand could write thine own life-story, No other make thy choice of gain or loss, No other win and wear thy crown of glory, No other lift and bear thy destined cross.

Follow thou me~though stranger voices hail thee,  I am the way and there is none beside;There is no other staff that shall not fail thee,  There is no other eye than mine to guide; There is no other shepherd who can fold thee By such still waters, in such pastures fair; There is no other arm can safely hold thee, In doubt and danger, darkness and despair.

Trust me to lead thee home to God and heaven;  What others do or say is naught to thee; No other light, no other truth, is given; Follow~follow thou~follow me.

[Annie Johnson Flint]

John 21:20-22 ... Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?  Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?  Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

1 Timothy 6:11 ... But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Mark 10:21 ... Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.❤

But We See Jesus

I don't look back, God knows the fruitless efforts,

The wasted hours, the sinning, the regrets,

 I leave them all with Him who blots the record, And mercifully forgives, and then forgets.

I don't look forward, God sees all the future,

 The road that, short or long, will lead me home,

And He will face with me its every trial,

And bear for me the burdens that may come.

But I look up - into the face of Jesus,

For there my heart can rest, my fears are stilled,

And there is joy, and love, and light for darkness,

 And perfect peace, and every hope fulfilled.

[Annie Johnson Flint]

Jude 1:21 … Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Proverbs 8:34 … Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Titus 2:13 ... Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; ❤

No Limit

He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater,

He sendeth more strength when the labors increase;

To added affliction He addeth His mercy;

To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.

When we have exhausted our store of endurance,

When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,

When we reach the end of our hoarded resources,

Our Father’s full giving is only begun.

Fear not that thy need shall exceed His provision,

Our God ever yearns His resources to share;

Lean hard on the arm everlasting, availing;

The Father both thee and thy load will upbear.

His love has no limit; His grace has no measure.

His pow’r has no boundary known unto men;

For out of His infinite riches in Jesus,

He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again!

[Annie Johnson Flint]

Psalm 108:4 … For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

John 1:16 ... And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

2 Corinthians 12:9 … And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ❤