LIFE PRAYER 5/8/02

On May 8, 2002 our family was seven months into what turned out to be over two years of unemployment/underemployment. God used many people and things to sustain me. One of those things is this poem by Amy Carmichael. Amy Carmichael was a missionary in India in the early 20th century. She never married. She began rescuing children from the horrid practice of temple prostitution and brought them to what became known as the Dohnavur Fellowship. She and others spent their lives clothing, feeding and teaching these little ones. I have to believe she was a bit melancholy like myself. That's why I love her poetry and this one I think has become my life prayer...

THY WAY IS PERFECT

Long is the way, and very steep the slope,
Strengthen me once again, O God of Hope.

Far, very far, the summit doth appear;
But Thou art near my God, but Thou art near.

And Thou wilt give me with my daily food,
Powers of endurance, courage, fortitude.

Thy way is perfect; only let that way
Be clear before my feet from day to day.

Thou art my Portion, saith my soul to Thee,
O what a Portion is my God to me.


Blessings.