Strength for today, and bright hope for tomorrow. A line from the hymn Great
is Thy Faithfulness by Thomas Chisholm (1866-1960) Over the last 30 years
or so, this line has been a kind of mantra to me which I find myself muttering
on bad days when I am feeling low and have no sense of God’s presence. It is an
expression of faith – a prayer, I suppose - that I will be enabled to endure, that better days will come. But am I deluding myself? Has it always been
like this – a daily struggle to be strong, with hope perpetually deferred? Well
no, because in the story of my life over those decades, there have been many
positive things – I have married, and had a family; I have a creative and
satisfying job; I have grown personally
and have known insights, wisdom,
whispers of grace, moments of sheer joy. I have been given both strength and
hope, and for this I am truly thankful. And yet there are still days, when all
I can do is to repeat ‘Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.’ And I guess such days will always be until we
find ourselves in the Dimension Beyond.
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