Day by Day

Worship Wednesday with Pastor Edith
February 26, 2025
2 Corinthians 4:4-8

God is with us every day, all day, all the way home.

Today’s meditation is inspired by a beautiful hymn that I stumbled upon today during my devotional time. The title of the hymn is “Day by Day” and it was written by a very talented young writer shortly after the loss of her dear father. It seems she and her pastor papa were on a voyage when the boat lurched and her father fell overboard. The crew was unable to rescue him before he drowned. She was mentored well by her dad and her faith led her through this tragedy. This made me think; how many difficulties we face from day to day, some of them feel as if they will crush us, and yet our heavenly Father God is still at work with and through us.

2 Corinthians 4:4-8; “We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed”.

You may not know the tune to this hymn, but nonetheless, I invite you to read the words out loud as a poem prayer for anything you or your loved ones are facing today; “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” (Carolina Sandell Berg 1832-1903).

AMEN and PRAY ON!