Advent Series ~ Day 4 ~ STRENGTH

25 Days of God Given Gifts

December 4TH - STRENGTH

I can do all this through him 

who gives me strength. 

Philippians 4:13

STRENGTH - Power of resisting attacks; fastness; as the strength of a castle or fort. Support; that which supports; that which supplies strength; security. (Websters, 1828 Dictionary) God is our refuge and strength. Psalm 46:1

Her name was Annie Johnson Flint (1866 - 1932), the author of the poem below. She knew of burdens, the need for courage, she knew of just asking the Lord for the strength for the day.  Her Poetry and Hymns were written from her own experiences and adversities.  

Annie lost both parents before the age of six, was adopted, and later in her teens afflicted with painful, crippling arthritis.  Her fingers became closed and rigid; it was even difficult to turn her head.  She took to writing poetry.  In one account I read, she used her knuckles to type out the words on a typewriter.  Another account tells how she painfully penned the words with her crippled hands.

Annie was known as the “poet of helpfulness”, and often gave her poetry as gifts to friends.  As her poems became more widely known, many were set to music.  

The last thirty years of her life were spent bedridden and in pain, but Annie didn't let that stop her from continuing to do the Lord’s work that He had laid on her heart.  

Thy Strength and My Day

Give my Thy strength for my day, Lord,

That wheresoe'er I go,

There shall no danger daunt me

And I shall fear no foe;

So shall no task o'ercome me,

So shall no trial fret,

So shall I walk unwearied

The path where my feet are set;

So shall I find no burden

Greater than I can bear,

So shall I have a courage

Equal to all my care:

So shall no grief o'erwhelm me,

So shall no wave o'erflow;

Give me Thy strength for my day, Lord,

Cover my weakness so.~ Annie Johnson Flint ~

Previous Advent Devotions here:
Day 1 ~ ABUNDANT LIFE
Day 2 ~ COMFORT
Day 3 ~ DELIVERANCE

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