Toi et moi

Ne crains pas, car je suis avec toi; ne sois pas inquiet, car moi je suis ton Dieu. Je te fortifierai; oui, je t'aiderai; oui, je te soutiendrai. Ésaïe 41. 10

(Jésus a dit:) Moi je suis avec vous tous les jours, jusqu'à l'achèvement du siècle. Matthieu 28. 20

Quand la route devient sombre,
Que nulle clarté ne luit,
Une voix me dit dans l'ombre
Et du milieu de la nuit:
 

“Oh! pourquoi ce cœur qui tremble?
De quoi peut-il avoir peur?
Toi et moi, marchons ensemble,
Je suis Jésus, ton Sauveur.”
 

Quand aux détours de la route
Je ne vois pas mon chemin,
Mon âme portée au doute
En vain cherche un guide humain;
 

Quand mon pied chancelle et tremble,
Tu me dis, Ami divin:
“Toi et moi, restons ensemble,
Je te tiendrai par la main.”
 

C'est ainsi que d'heure en heure – Je te suis, Sauveur aimé;
Que je vive ou que je meure, – À toi je reste attaché.
Tu saisis ma main qui tremble, – Tu me montres le chemin,
Et nous avançons ensemble, – Ma main tenue en ta main.
 

Et ma main devient puissante – Dans la main du Tout-Puissant,
Ma démarche chancelante – Va toujours s'affermissant;
Plus de pauvre enfant qui tremble – Depuis que tu me conduis.
Oui, Seigneur, toujours ensemble, – Toi et moi, car je te suis.


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Grandma’s Recipe

Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you. Deuteronomy 32:7

What we teach our children today will influence tomorrow’s world.

Many families have a secret recipe, a special way of cooking a dish that makes it especially savory. For us Hakkas (my Chinese ethnic group), we have a traditional dish called abacus beads, named for its beadlike appearance. Really, you have to try it!

Of course Grandma had the best recipe. Each Chinese New Year at the family reunion dinner we would tell ourselves, “We should really learn how to cook this.” But we never got around to asking Grandma. Now she is no longer with us, and her secret recipe is gone with her.
God has designed us to enjoy family and community and to benefit from each other.

We miss Grandma, and it’s sad to lose her recipe. It would be far more tragic if we were to fail to preserve the legacy of faith entrusted to us. God intends that every generation share with the next generation about the mighty acts of God. “One generation commends [God’s] works to another,” said the psalmist (Ps. 145:4), echoing Moses’ earlier instructions to “remember the days of old . . . . Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you” (Deut. 32:7).

As we share our stories of how we received salvation and the ways the Lord has helped us face challenges, we encourage each other and honor Him. He designed us to enjoy family and community and to benefit from each other.

Is there someone from a different age group with whom you can share your faith journey? How about asking someone from an older generation to share their story with you. What might you learn?

Share your story at ourdailybread.org/story. While there check out stories of God at work in lives of people around the world.