I'm still really tired and a little sick. At home I was getting 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night, between staying up and doing chores or chatting with J, getting up at night with a kid or a dog, and waking up early for a kid or two. Although there were some mornings where I just cried out "Lord, get me through this day so I can lie down again tonight!", I functioned really well. Now, I just feel exhausted. You might say I was running on adrenaline and now I'm crashing. But I think that God gives us just the strength we need. Lina Sandell thought so too. She wrote the words to this hymn.
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.
but i know you really just came to see pictures:
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