Day by Day
Lyrics:Lina Sandell
Music:Oscar Ahnfeldt
Day by day, and with each passing moment,
Strength I find to meet my trials here;
Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He, whose heart is kind beyond all measure,
Gives unto each day what He deems best,
Lovingly its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.
Every day the Lord Himself is near me,
With a special mercy for each hour;
All my cares He fain would bear and cheer me,
He whose name is Counsellor and Pow’r.
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”
This the pledge to me He made.
Help me then, in every tribulation,
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,
That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation,
Offered me within Thy holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
E’er to take, as from a father’s hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till with Christ the Lord I stand.
Every morning, we have a praising time that the child of the day will pick two hymns for us to sing while I play the piano. Then, we will take turns saying one thing that we are grateful for that child of the day. After that we will all pray for her. We love this time as it refreshes the atmosphere of love and peace no matter what had happened before in that morning. And it reminds me to be loving.
Today, a Thursday, is the day of our fourth child, Viviana. She picked this hymn. While I sang and played this hymn, it warmed my heart and eyes….It’s through our lost that we learned how blessed we were and still are, it’s through trails that we learned nothing is more precious than God’s presence, and it’s through crisis that we learned what God’s mercy really is…..
He, whose heart is kind beyond all measure,
Gives unto each day what He deems best,
Lovingly its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.