Prayer

This is a prayer I wrote during my year in PY. It was taped on the side of my wardrobe which faced my bed, and I said it every time I lay down to rest and every time I woke. I am no longer the person who said these words, but it is these words that help make the person that I am.

..Prayer..
As I walk, I desire Truth
And I desire wisdom in my innermost being.

Purify me, wash me, cleanse me from my sin.
Make me become to BE as You wish
So I might love with whole Truth,
And truly love in whole,
Lacking nothing.

May I be strong and sound
And able in body, in mind, in spirit
So I may be used for You.

May I seek to give, show and love
And not to receive, judge nor hate.
So I should hear and help,
By Your grace and power
Every DAY of my life.

Do not let me fear or doubt what I trust,
That my faith and love and hope
Endures strong against fear,
For with You I lack nothing.

Let me see good beauty in everything,
And be guarded by Your Holy Spirit.

May I bring glory to You,
Bringing fruit,
Though I may not taste it, may I serve.

Keep me only of You and with You forever.
I honestly thank You for all You've done.

May today be a day of peace,
Reaping and sowing good fruits.
But if today be a day of war,
May it be a war well fought,
And the glory in either given to You alone.

Break me with Love, fill me with Peace.
Let me sing in my heart.
I am this hour dependent on You.
I will LIVE for You,
And You alone.