Daily Thought For January 14, 2022

Beautiful Prayer

O my God, my whole life has been a course of mercies and blessings shown to one who has been most unworthy of them.

I require no faith, for I have had long experience, as to

Thy providence toward me.

Year after year Thou hast carried me on—

removed dangers from my path—

recovered me, recruited me, refreshed me,

borne with me, directed me, sustained me.

O forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

And Thou never wilt forsake me.

I may securely repose upon Thee.

Sinner as I am, nevertheless, while I am true

to Thee, Thou wilt still and to the end,

be superabundantly true to me.

I may rest upon Thy arm; I may go to sleep in Thy bosom.

Only give me, and increase in me,

that true loyalty to Thee, which is the bond

of the covenant between Thee and me,

and the pledge in my own heart and conscience that

Thou, the Supreme God, wilt not forsake me, the most

miserable of Thy children.

—Excerpt from: Meditations and Devotions, Part III, Meditations on Christian Doctrine. XIX The Providence of God

Newman, J. H. (2010). Life’s Purpose: Wisdom from John Henry Newman (pp. 81–82). Pauline Books & Media.

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