Swedish hymnist Lina Sandell Berg served with her father in an evangelistic ministry. As they were traveling by ship, he accidentally fell overboard and drowned. In need of the comfort that only God can supply, she wrote the following words that are still sung by Christians around the world:
Day by day And with each passing moment, Strength I find To meet my trials here;
Trusting in My Father’s wise bestowment, I’ve no cause For worry or for fear.
In times of conflict and defeat, we are forced to confess that we need a source of strength beyond ourselves. And we can rejoice that there’s an always-available source on which we can draw-the inexhaustible grace of God. For when God allows a burden; He always gives the grace to bear it.