Music

I am reading through Isaiah. In Isaiah 12, the prophet tells the people "in that day" you will sing for joy and praise God. I don't know if Isaiah meant there would be a time without singing. He is telling them a day was coming when they would shout and sing for joy because of what God had done. I am not a great singer but I love to sing! It doesn't take much to move me to song. Even after John's death, music ministered to me. I usually cried and sang - and still find myself in tears when the hymn is one of John's favorites. When i first wrapped my arms around sweet Emerson, I started to sing. A hymn I used to sing to Sara and Aaron bubbled out of me. The words flooded over me and I found myself reminded once again of God's faithfulness and presence.

Day by Day by Karolina Sandell-Berg

"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.

Ev'ry 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 Counselor and Poser.
The protection of his child and treasure,
Is a charge that on himself he laid;
"As your days, your strength shall be in measure,"
This the pledge to me he made.

Help me then in ev'ry tribulation,
So to trust your promises, O Lord;
That I lose not faith's sweet consolation,
Offered me within your 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 I reach, the best, the promised land.