As it was my custom since 2010, I would specially post a hymn on the 3rd may of the year.  3rd may had always been a special day in my life.

So far I have shared the following hymns

What A Friend I have In Jesus” – May 3rd 2010
“Thanks to God” – May 3rd 2011
“Day By Day” – May 3rd 2012
“All The Way The Savior Leads Me” – May 3rd 2013
“Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer” – May 3rd 2014
”Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus” – May 3rd 2015

This year as the day draw nears. I find myself singing the tune of “Hold Thou My Hand”. It is a hymn written by the famous hymn writer Fanny Crosby.  Interestingly 2 of the hymns in my list were written by the same author. “Day By Day” and “All The Way The Savior Leads me.”

I did a research on this hymn but not much is said about it. Except for a quite from Fanny Crosby herself

“For a num­ber of days be­fore I wrote this hymn,
  all had seemed dark to me. That was in­deed an
  un­usu­al ex­per­ience, for I have al­ways been
  most cheer­ful; and so in my hu­man weak­ness
  I cried in pray­er, ‘Dear Lord, hold thou my hand.’
  Al­most at once the sweet peace that comes of
  per­fect as­sur­ance re­turned to my heart, and
  my gra­tit­ude for this ev­i­dence of an­swered
  pray­er sang it­self in the lines of the hymn.“ -Fanny Crosby

I believe I am experiencing the same dark usual experience just like her. When I first wrote in 2010, I was sent by God to serve in a place, and now 6 years have passed. I believe this is the last year I am staying here and God had moved me to a new place which I planned to reach by mid of July. Interestingly, I began working in this country exactly on the mid of July 2010. It seems fairly normal that God would want me to go over there and start a new life on the mid of July 2016 (that will mean I have stayed 6 years exactly)

The place I am going to is a place where I am very unsure of, But God had already told me that I have to move out a long time ago. Once I completed the lessons that I need to learn here, God will open the way and send me to the place he wants me to go.  Indeed it is a place where I would not have expected to go, so that feeing of uneasiness is there.

As I was taking the time to say goodbye to my friends here. I cant help humming the tune of this hymn now. It seems that I need the Lord to hold my hand as I begin this new phase of life. I hope that GOd would indeed hold my hand and guide me as the day approaches. I find the verse that inspired the hymn extremely comforting for the Psalmist Asaph said

“Nevertheless I am continually with You;
  You hold me by my right hand.
  You will guide me with Your counsel,
  And afterward receive me to glory.

  Whom have I in heaven but You?
  And there is none upon earth that
  I desire besides You. 
  My flesh and my heart fail;
  But God is the strength of my heart
  and my portion forever.” – Asaph (Ps 73 :23-26

I guess we all need to remember that even though our flesh and heart may fail, God will continually be the strength of our heart and our portion forever. May God continue to guide me in this new journey ahead

Title : Hold Thou My Hand 
Lyrics : Fanny Crosby
Music : Hubert P Main

Hold Thou my hand; so weak I am, and helpless,
I dare not take one step without Thy aid;
Hold Thou my hand; for then, O loving Savior,
No dread of ill shall make my soul afraid.

Hold Thou my hand, and closer, closer draw me
To Thy dear self—my hope, my joy, my all;
Hold Thou my hand, lest haply I should wander,
And, missing Thee, my trembling feet should fall.

Hold Thou my hand; the way is dark before me
Without the sunlight of Thy face divine;
But when by faith I catch its radiant glory,
What heights of joy, what rapturous songs are mine!

Hold Thou my hand, that when I reach the margin
Of that lone river Thou didst cross for me,
A heavenly light may flash along its waters,
And every wave like crystal bright shall be.

This tune only have 3 stanza, but its very nicely played