I shared this with a very dear, very lovely friend ... and now I am sharing it with all my FB friends, that we may all remember to take Him as our portion forever. ============== ETERNAL FATHER, Thou art good beyond all thought, But I am vile, wretched, miserable, blind; My lips are ready to confess, But my heart is slow to feel, And my ways reluctant to amend. I bring my soul to Thee; Break it, would it, bend in, mold it. Unmask to me sins deformity, That i may hate it, abhor it, flee from it. ...... I have seen the purity and beauty of Thy perfect law, The happiness of those in whose heart it reigns, The calm dignity of the walk to which it calls, Yet I daily violate and contemn its precepts. Thy loving Spirit strives within me, Brings me Scripture warnings, Speaks in startling providences, Allures by secret whispers, Yet I choose devices and desires to my own hurt, Impiously resent, grieve, And provoke Him to abandon me. All these sins I mourn, lament, and for them cry pardon. Work in me more profound and abiding repentance; Give me the fullness of a godly grief that trembles and fears, Yet ever trusts and loves, Which is ever powerful, and ever confident; Grant that through the tears of repentance I may see more clearly The brightness and glories of the saving cross. ~~ from The Valley of Vision A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:21:45 +0000
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