Psalm 89:14
Satisfy us
with your
loving-kindness
in the morning,
that we may
rejoice and be
glad all the
days of our life.
New every morning is the love,
our waking and uprising prove;
though sleep & dankness safely brought,
restored to life & power & thought.
New mercies each returning day,
around us hover as we pry;
new perils past, new sins forgiven,
new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
If on our daily course our mind
be set to hallow all we find;
New treasures still of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.
Old friends old, scenes will lovelier be,
as more of heaven in each we see;
some softening gleam of love & prayer
will shine on every cross & care.
The trivial round, the common task
will furnish all we ought to ask;
room to deny ourselves. a road
to lead s daily nearer God.
Only, O Lord, in the dear love,
fit us for perfect rest above,;
and help us, this & every day
to live more nearly as we pray.
By John Kelbe
BEHOLD BE STRENGTHENED BE CHANGED
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