Power for this Hour God is your strength God is your power God is there Every minute and every hour For the sick and the weary For the poor and the teary He�ll turn every weakness Into his glory He�ll catch every tear And ease all your fear He feels all your pain Again and again He sees beyond the masks Of pretence with strength And of false bravery He knows you�re a child So scared and alone That�s why He was sent To protect and restore He�s done it all And would do again All for you only It would not be in vain For when one of His sheep Strays from the pasture Tears He does cry Anguish He feels Till He brings you back Through blood, sweat and tears In forgiveness He finds you And loves you in total No other man Can do, be, or replace His infinite love, power and grace So let Him in And you will be safe From sin In the care of our Saviour Just pray Him in He�ll never leave you nor forsake you I�m only human I will fail you But God is everywhere When I can�t be there I send him in prayer So accept this offering As He so unconditionally wants you In all of your moods With all of your stories He�ll turn all your bitterness Into his Glories Even if you cannot see it In this very hour Believe me God�s working To turn this hurt to victory And He will succeed As He did on Calvary No-one believed Him then Till Jesus rose from the dead Right now in your life Are the three days in death Your life will rise And we�ll celebrate your victory For united we stand Divided we fall So please take His hand He�s already in yours � Elizabeth 24 February, 1996 "I originally wrote this poem for my dear friend, Chrissy, who was going through a particularly traumatic divorce, where abuse was rampant! I wrote this poem to encourage her, that God was nearby looking out for her. Since writing it, I have passed this poem on to other people struggling through life and have found it to be almost universal in helping people through hard times, to turn and remember God, helping them through their difficulty, today, just as He did 2000 years ago. May this poem bless and encourage you too."