This Too Shall Pass

HE GIVETH MORE GRACE
Annie Johnson Flint

He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater
He sendeth more strength when the labours 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
Thy 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 to man
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again!

This Too Shall Pass
by: Helen Steiner Rice

If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be-
If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me-
If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too-

Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all of the chains
That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear-
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near.

Mummy has been sending me some really encouraging poems :)

no night without dawning...Oh I so need some inspiration for design!

2Corinthians 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.

today's bible study was apt, on ruth, that we need nothing if we only hide beneath His wings.

He Giveth More Grace

Climb Till Your Dream Comes True
by : Helen Steiner Rice, Wendy's Page

Often your tasks will be many,
and more than you think you can do..
often the hills insurmountable, too..
but always remember..
the hills ahead are never as steep as they seem,
and with faith in your heart, start upward
and climb 'til you reach your dream.
for nothing in life that is worthy
is ever too hard to achieve
if you have the faith to believe..
for faith is a force that is greater
than knowledge or power or skill
and many defeats turn to triumph
if you trust in God's wisdom and will..
there is nothing that God cannot do,
so start out today with faith in your heart
and climb 'til your dream comes true.

Mummy sent me this poem last night.

I just read Psalm 119 a couple nights ago, and it was the strangest thing, as it was absolutely spot on to certain issues i was facing in my life right now. Mummy made me memorize Psalm 119:9-11 back then: How can a young man make his way pure? By keeping heed thereto according to Thy word. With mine whole heart have I sought Thee, oh let me not wander from Your commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against Thee.

Certain words were really relevant:

"Happy are the people of integrity,
who follow the law of the Lord.
Happy are those who obey His decrees
and search for Him with all their hearts.
They do not compromise with evil,
and they walk only in His paths.
You have charged us
to keep your commandments carefully.
Oh that my actions would consistently
reflect Your principles!"

My life needs to reflect His principles, and let me never ever compromise with evil. The entire Psalm is one of obedience to God's principles and laws, guided by God's word. The Psalms are so beautiful!

And a talk with mummy revealed this to me: being rich and 'successful' in the world's eyes is dud if my character is lousy inside. A single wrongdoing when repeated and compromised upon can grow into habit, and habit becomes character. I'd rather have a good character than anything else in the world.

an apt reminder

“Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise. Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.”
- Proverbs 19:20-21

i'm a control freak (but i'm not very good at it, plus i am lazy) and this is definitely an apt reminder of how i can plan my whole life out but in the end it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.

tired. should sleep now.

today's message was apt too. dare i ever doubt God's greatness? All the little things that seem so important to me now will pass away...only lives and souls will remain.

'dust thou art to dust returnest
was not spoken of the soul'
-- a psalm of life, henry wadsworth longfellow

so loving people is actually the right thing to do, this self sacrificial thing. this overlooking-all-imperfections thing.