A Prayer for Right Living
January 27, 2008
I came across this prayer in the book (A Faith for Grown-Ups: A Midlife Conversation About What Really Matters by Robert Lockwood) that I mentioned in the post preceding this one. It’s “the awful grace of God” in other words, I think. 
A Prayer for Right Living by an unknown Confederate soldier
I asked for strength that I might achieve; I was made weak that I might learn to humbly obey. I asked for health that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy; I was given poverty that I might be wise. I asked for power that I might have the great praise of men; I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God. I asked for all things that I might enjoy life; I was given life that I might enjoy all things. I got nothing I had asked for, but everything that I had hoped for. Almost despite myself my unspoken prayers were answered; I am, among all men, richly blessed.
It’s a good one, huh? 
