Day By Day... And All Along the Way!!!

It has been almost a year since I have shared any of my little bits and pieces of life and love!!! How time flies! "Yesterday's gone and tomorrow may never come..." Only the Lord knows the future! What it holds and where it will take us on this journey called life! I have one thing on my mind this morning as I write, and that is how the Lord leads and guides us all along the way! 

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 Counselor and Power; 

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, 

Ever to take, as from a father’s hand, 

One by one, the days, the moments fleeting, 

Till I reach the promised land. 

I have thought of and sung that hymn over and over to myself this past year. While on bed rest, while alone in my little flat, doing what work I could and resting in between travels... We are truly nothing without Christ! In our strength we can only be sad and lonely and downhearted and discouraged. But walking with Him, resting in Him, trusting Him as the One that does all things well... you can find that:

He makes the path grow brighter ev’ry passing day; 
He makes the burden lighter all along the way; 
But that is only when:
His Word is my delight, His will I now obey,  
And all the time I’m singing glory! 

How can one begin to recount all that a year held in store for them? Where do you begin? Where do you end? How much detail is required? And of course there are the thoughts, "If I actually start will I ever stop?" Looking back through my entries in my journal of the past year I find that I really didn't record much of my activities. I recorded more of my thoughts and what was happening in the lives of my friends and those around me, how I felt for them and often I find in writing my prayer for them when I just couldn't get them off my heart and mind. 

But don't worry about getting to read a long, boring post, my dear friends, I will not keep you for long! I hope to show you my little home in a post soon and let you get acquainted with my life as it is! I also hope to give some details of our travels and I hope to keep you better posted in this coming year than I have in this past year! :-) And as a P.S. I hope to get the story of my courtship, engagement and wedding written so you can read it and one day we will have the video of the wedding available! In the meantime I will work on posting pictures! Does it sound like a plan??? I certainly hope so! 

Till next time!!! May the Lord keep you!!!