This morning I was reading from The Valley of Vision (Puritan prayers), and the prayer on "Desires" really caught my heart.
Now that we are home and I feel submerged in the daily demands of our family life, I'm looking for perspective. The only right perspective I can have, I've decided, is that my life is not my own. In a world awash with "I deserve it" and "I need some time away" and "I need a vacation" and "I have to take care of myself first". . . the Word of God stands starkly apart.
"May I seek first thy kingdom and its righteousness.
May I value things in relation to eternity.
May my spiritual welfare be my chief solicitude.
May I be poor, afflicted, despised and have thy blessing, rather than be successful in enterprise, or have more than my heart can wish, or be admired by my fellow-men, if thereby these things make me forget thee.
May I regard the world as dreams, lies, vanities, vexation of spirit, and desire to depart from it.
And may I seek my happiness in thy favor, image, presence, service."
1 comment:
I really appreciate this post! Very convicting.
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