John 14:1-3 – “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you….”

As I read, prayed, and pondered the Word of God today, a song came to my mind, and it won’t let me go.   Let me share what I am hearing in my heart, and if it touches you, I rejoice.

It was a song written by Ira Stanphill in the 1950s, during a time of depression and struggle with things going on in his life.  His wife battled addiction and left him for other men, but he forgave her, tried to reconcile, and remained faithful to his vows.  You can imagine the gossip, a preacher’s wife in a life of sin. The rumors and stories that must have been told, and how difficult it must have been for him.

In the book “Turn Your Radio On,” Ace Collins relates the struggle of Stanphill and tells how, in the depths of his sadness, he began to hum a tune, and the next thing he knew, he was singing a song.  He sang about not knowing what was in the future but knowing that God was with him every step of the way.  When he arrived at his office, he rushed to the piano and jotted down the words.  What a testimony and truth that God dropped in the preacher’s heart, and what words that should comfort each of us.

C.S. Lewis said, “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”  That is precisely what Jesus was telling us in John 14:1-3.

One day, and that day may be soon, we will enter that eternal realm and be forever with our Lord, but until that time, it is good to KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW and WHO HOLDS OUR HAND! I thank God for my wonderful wife, family, friends, and those who touched my life, whom I have never met. They mean so much to me, yet NONE can provide what GOD PROVIDES! Therefore, I say, “Don’t worry about tomorrow; just live today in the light of His love.” 

May God be with you as you read the words of the song listed below:

I don’t know about tomorrow;
I just live from day to day.
I don’t borrow from its sunshine.
For its skies may turn to grey.
I don’t worry o’er the future,
For I know what Jesus said.
And today I’ll walk beside Him,
For He knows what is ahead.

Many things about tomorrow
I don’t seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow.
And I know who holds my hand.

Every step is getting brighter.
As the golden stairs I climb;
Every burden’s getting lighter,
Every cloud is silver-lined.
There the sun is always shining,
There no tear will dim the eye;
At the ending of the rainbow
Where the mountains touch the sky.

Many things about tomorrow
I don’t seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow.
And I know who holds my hand.

I don’t know about tomorrow;
It may bring me poverty.
But the one who feeds the sparrow,
Is the one who stands by me.
And the path that is my portion
May be through the flame or flood;
But His presence goes before me.
And I’m covered with His blood.

Many things about tomorrow
I don’t seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow.
And I know who holds my hand…

May God help you to rise up in faith and confidence and place your hand in the hands of the Lord! Blessings on your journey, and if we never meet again or meet this side of Heaven, I look forward to seeing you over there!

LORD, help us to trust with our tomorrow and our today!