Encouragement

I lifted this hymn off of my friend, Tiffany's, blog. I love it. Every time I read it, it fills my soul with joy and strength. Hope it is a blessing for you too.

He Gives More Grace (by Annie Flint)

He giveth more grace as our burdens grow greater,
He sendeth more strength as our labors increase;
To added afflictions He addeth His mercy,
To multiplied trials He multiplies peace.

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.

His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,
His power no boundary known unto men;
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.

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.

Similarly, I lifted this quote from my friend, Rob's, Facebook. (Rob was our Intervarsity Christian Fellowship staffworker at ODU. Now he's a pastor and planting a church in Seattle. Go Rob and Claudia!)

"This life, therefore, is not righteousness but growth in righteousness, not health but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise; we are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it; the process is not yet finished, but it is going on; this is not the end, but it is the road."--Martin Luther