When Cares are Pressing You Down a Bit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.


Life is queer with its twists and its turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When they might have won, had they stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.


Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit!

So, life has been kicking us around, and we've failed some, but God has been faithful. I refuse to give up or let myself go.
So far, Doug has been promised a permanent job that was taken back two days before he was to start. But God provided a job for him again. We've gotten a check at just the right time to pay for our rent. Now our tags have been taken back, but God has provided a car for the month anyway.  God has been faithful.
There's no way we're quitting on God, since he has yet to give up on us. It's just trusting in the storm. that's the part that's proving a little hard.