Day by Day..

I'm learning, slowly, to look away from difficulties, lest I despair.


A few clouds of haze came across Singapore during the past week. My nose was quite irritated, and my eyes felt it too. Somehow my immunity must have been decreased, and now I've a flu that's making me tired. I didn't go KS today because of the sleepiness and possibility of spreading germs.


It seems now, then, that nearly all my saturday mornings will be spent in camp. I've remedial training, because I didn't have strength enough to pass an obstacle course or get silver for IPPT. Note I didn't say fitness. Apparently the army values strength above fitness, something unfair to people my height.

I don't understand why we all get vastly experiences in NS. From the moment we enter, the measure of toughness (be it physical or regimental) varies greatly. This isn't inequality.. but I guess I shouldn't complain when it was worse decades ago. Besides, God has kept me thus far, I must continue to trust his care.


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.
He Whose heart is kind beyond all measure
Gives unto each day what He deems best—
Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.

Every day, the Lord Himself is near me
With a special mercy for each hour;
All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me,
He Whose Name is Counselor and Pow’r.
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”
This the pledge to me He made.

Help me then in every tribulation
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,
That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation
Offered me within Thy holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
E’er to take, as from a father’s hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till I reach the promised land.