Living By Faith

I care not today what the morrow may bring,
If shadow or sunshine or rain,
The Lord I know ruleth o’er everything,
And all of my worries are vain.

Refrain:
Living by faith in Jesus above,
Trusting, confiding in His great love;
From all harm safe in His sheltering arm,
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.

Though tempests may blow and the storm clouds arise,
Obscuring the brightness of life,
I’m never alarmed at the overcast skies—
The Master looks on at the strife.

I know that He safely will carry me through,
No matter what evils betide;
Why should I then care though the tempest may blow,
If Jesus walks close to my side.

James Wells 1918

This was the hymn I was looking for. A quick research gives me little of the hymnist so I don’t have much info on him.

I woke up this morning with a terrible dream on my mind. I usually don’t remember my dreams. This one was me and my family being kidnapped by people who separated us and brainwashed us so we couldn’t remember our former lives. The details are not important. As always there were some really strange details. I’m more interested in my feeling of utter helplessness, powerlessness and devastation that I had no control over the events. What is going on in my life that I would feel this way? What vomit is my subconscious trying to puke up? Or is it the peanut butter I had at 8:30 last night? (I know, I know, it goes straight to fat. Stop nagging.) So this hymn came to mind during my morning quiet time. No matter what ever happens to me, it is Jesus who covers me.