God's Promises

Woke to this song playing in my head this morning. Haven't heard it sung in many years, but it's like a hand-grip from God reaching down and helping me stand.  The to-do list is long today. Yet as I write this, the sky is brilliant blue and a bird, with breakfast in her mouth, balances on the top bough outside my window. 


(picture from a previous day)




God Has Not Promised
by Annie Johnson Flint 


God has not promised skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;
God has not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.

    But God hath promised strength for the day,
    Rest for the labor, light for the way,
    Grace for the trials, help from above,
    Unfailing kindness, undying love.

God hath not promised we shall not know
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.

    But God hath promised strength for the day,
    Rest for the labor, light for the way,
    Grace for the trials, help from above,
    Unfailing kindness, undying love.

God hath not promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;
Never a mountain, rocky and steep,
Never a river, turbid and deep. 

    But God hath promised strength for the day,
    Rest for the labor, light for the way,
    Grace for the trials, help from above,
    Unfailing kindness, undying love.