Today I'm going to share from a favorite book of mine, The Valley of Vision. A friend shared this prayer book with me years ago and I immediately fell in love with the eloquence that often so seems to speak the thoughts of my heart that I can not put to words.
Lately, the Spirit has prompted me to dig deeper in fellowship with my Father, and this prayer, entitled 'Faith", puts to words the desires and truth of my heart at this stage in life.
May you take time to read it slowly, taking in the words, and letting them soak into your soul.
My GOD,
I bless thee that thou hast given me the eye of faith,
to see thee as Father,
to know thee as a covenant God,
to experience thy love planted in me;
For faith is the grace of union
by which I spell out my entitlement to thee:
Faith casts my anchor upwards
where I trust in thee
and engage thee to be my Lord.
Be pleased to live and move within me,
breathing in my prayers,
inhabiting my praises,
speaking in my words,
moving in my actions,
living in my life,
causing me to grow in grace.
Thy bounteous goodness has helped me believe,
but my faith is weak and wavering,
its light dim,
its steps tottering,
its increase slow,
its backslidings frequent;
It should scale the heavens, but lies groveling in the dust.
Lord, fan this divine spark into glowing flame.
When faith sleeps, my heart becomes
an unclean thing,
the fount of every loathsome desire,
the cage of unclean lusts
all fluttering to escape,
the noxious tree of deadly fruit,
the open wayside of earthly tares.
Lord, awake faith to put forth its strength
until all heaven fills my soul
and all impurity is cast out.
In Christ!
From One Saved Sinner to the Next
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