My Guide

Be refreshed by a portion of a poem by Gertrude R. Dugan:

My Guide

The open door of another year

I've entered by grace divine;

No ills I fear and no foes I dread,

For a wonderful Guide is mine.

Through joy of chastening though He lead,

In tears though my race be run,

Whate're my lot, this my prayer shall be,

"Not mine, but Thy will be done."

                          ...

With perfect trust in His love and care,

I'll walk to my journeys' end;

And day by day He will strength renew;

And peace to my heart will send.

O blessed Guide, walking all unseen,

Yet close to my side alway,

Do Thou, who guidest my steps aright

Lead on to eternal day!"

Turning Points

January 2006

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Sovereignty; Guidance; Trust