One Day at a Time

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, so the strength that He giveth His own. 

Annie Johnson Flint