and God gave me difficulties
to make me strong.
I asked for wisdom
and God gave me problems
to solve.
I asked for prosperity
and God gave me brawn and brain
to work.
I asked for courage
and God gave me dangers
to overcome.
I asked for patience
God placed me
in situations where I was forced to wait.
I asked for love
and God gave me
troubled people to help.
I asked for favors
and God gave me
opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed.
MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED
~Author Unknown~
forgive my erring ways,
Grant me strength to serve Thee,
put purpose in my days...
Give me understanding,
enough to make me kind
So I may judge all people
with my heart and not my mind...
And teach me to be patient
in everything I do,
Content to trust Your Wisdom
and to follow after You...
And help me when I falter
and hear me when I pray.
And receive me in Thy Kingdom
to dwell with Thee some day.
~By Helen Steiner Rice~
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Jennifer Ingram