A college friend I am in a group chat with shared a wonderful old song on our queue this morning I had a different song in mind for today - but I am going to use the one she brought to the group's attention.
HE GIVETH MORE GRACE by Annie Johnson Flint, 1941
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater
He sendeth more strength when the labors increase
To added affliction He addeth His mercy
To multiplied trials, His multiplied Peace
Refrain:
His love has no limit, His grace has no measure
His power has no boundary known unto men
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again
When we have exhausted our store of endurance
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources
Our Father’s full giving is only begun
Refrain:
His love has no limit, His grace has no measure
His power has no boundary known unto men
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again
And a 3rd verse I had never heard before, but found when I was researching the author online:
Fear not that Thy need shall exceed His provision
Our God ever yearns His resources to share
Lean hard on the arm everlasting, availing
The Father both thee and thy load will upbear
Refrain:
His love has no limit, His grace has no measure
His power has no boundary known unto men
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again
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And as radio personality Paul Harvey used to say, "Now for the rest of the story...."
Annie Johnson was born on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1866. in Vineland, New Jersey. 3 years later, little Annie lost her mother, who died as she gave birth to Annie's little sister. Her father had an incurable disease, and willed his children to the Flint family, who brought the girls up in the Baptist faith. Annie was saved in a Revival Meeting when she was 8 years old, and online there is a list of 17 songs that she wrote, with HE GIVETH MORE GRACE being the only one familiar to me. (Of the 17 songs she authored, 2 were in Spanish, and one was in Chinese.) She will not know until Heaven how her song touched others over a span of many years.
That is food for thought! Neither will we.
For example, one Sunday School teacher influenced Billy Graham. Every person who followed Jesus because of his ministry is a credit to her faithfulness.
Being faithful in the face of challenge is what faith is all about. It's easy to have faith when everything is going smoothly. True faith is where the rubber hits the road, and we have to stand for what we believe in the face of challenges. And like the song so aptly encapsulates, God is with us in those times. He promised!
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