Day by Day, ELW 323 & WOV 746
1Day by day, your mercies, Lord, attend me,
bringing comfort to my anxious soul.
Day by day, the blessings, Lord, you send me
draw me nearer to my heav'nly goal.
Love divine, beyond all mortal measure,
brings to naught the burdens of my quest;
Savior, lead me to the home I treasure,
where at last I'll find eternal rest.
2Day by day, I know you will provide me
strength to serve and wisdom to obey;
I will seek your loving will to guide me
o'er the paths I struggle day by day.
I will fear no evil of the morrow,
I will trust in your enduring grace.
Savior, help me bear life's pain and sorrow
till in glory I behold your face.
3Oh, what joy to know that you are near me
when my burdens grow too great to bear;
oh, what joy to know that you will hear me
when I come, O Lord, to you in prayer.
Day by day, no matter what betide me,
you will hold me ever in your hand.
Savior, with your presence here to guide me,
I will reach at last the promised land.
Devotion
Life is best taken day by day, wouldn’t you agree? By God’s grace, we can handle days. Things get rough when we start taking things in bigger chunks like weeks, months and years. Life is best taken in small doses. Maybe that is why God created the world so that life would be broken up into shorter periods of time called days. We need the rest. We need the break. We need to know that it is okay to step back for a while and reflect on where we have been. This hymn reminds us that God’s grace and mercy comes in daily doses so that we can live life day by day.
Prayer
Gracious God, day by day you bring your grace into my life. Help me to see where and how that grace is at work. Amen.