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Dear Young Christian:
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and He delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand” (Psalm 37:23-24).
The Christian life is a journey, and that means taking one step after another and living moment by moment and day by day. When the going gets tough, just keep going and let God your Father have His way with you. When you are weary, rest in Him; when you are weak, draw on His strength; and when you are discouraged, do as David did, who “encouraged himself in the Lord his God” (1 Samuel 30:6). When the road seems uphill, remember the words of the hymn written long ago by Frederick Whitfield (1829–1904):
This name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads us up to God.
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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