as I travel towards You. There are many detours
which will try to distract me away from You.
Help me as I travel my path
to cherish the parents You gave me.
Help me to do my best in all my endeavors whether I may win or lose.
Help me never to lose hope
though there may be difficult times.
Help me to choose good friends.
Help me to choose the right mate,
So that I may have a happy family someday.
Help me, though I may fall,
to continue on my journey towards You Help me, Dear Lord.
I want so much to be with You.
Amen.
Written by a kid in a shelter
Source: Sister Mary Rose McGready, "Please forgive me God"
The Wondrous Cross
When I survey the wondrous Cross
Where the young Prince of Glory died;
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, That I should boast,
Save in the Cross of Christ, my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.
See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an offering far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
ŠIsaac Watts
