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 pitiful 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, the strength that He giveth His own.
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