Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 

Yesterday's dead,

Tomorrow's unborn,

So there's nothing to fear

And nothing to mourn

For all that is past

And all that has been

can never return

To be lived once again —

And what lies ahead

Or the things that will be

Are still in God's Hands

So it is not up to me

To live in the future

That is God's great unknown,

For the past and the present

God claims for His own,

So all I need do

Is to live for Today

And trust God to show me

The Truth and the Way —

For it's only the memory

Of things that have been

And expecting Tomorrow

To bring trouble again

That fills my Today,

Which God wants to bless,

With uncertain fears

And borrowed distress —

For all I need live for

Is this one little minute,

For life's Here and Now

and Eternity's in it.

--- Helen Steiner Rice