God’s grace will meet you in the morning and turn your weakness into a smile that lasts all day.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and I am so grateful when occasionally, I wake up before my get-up girl comes to get me up in the morning. It’s because I use that time to pray. I know myself too well, and how easily my quadriplegia and morning stiffness can turn me into a sour, peevish person who lacks a smile for the day. But my get-up girls deserve a “better” me, and I am always thankful that God pours out his abundant grace before she walks into my bedroom at 7:30am. After I’m up in my chair, we’ll read from a daily devotional. This morning, this poem by Mrs. C. Cowman gave me a smile for the entire day. And I hope it does for you, too. She says, “Oh, give Thy servant patience to be still, and bear Thy will; Courage to venture wholly on the arm that will not harm; The wisdom that will never let me stray out of my way; The love that, now afflicting, knoweth best when I should rest.” That’s from Mrs. Cowman from Streams in the Desert.
© Joni and Friends