Rest

Heavenly Father,

My faith is in you,
My expectation is from you,
My love goes out toward you,
   I believe you,
      accept your Word,
      submit to your will,
      rely on your promises,
      trust your providence.
I bless you that the court of my conscience
   proves me to be yours.
I do not need signs and wonders to believe,
   for your Word is sure truth.
I have cast my anchor in the port of peace,
   knowing that present and future
      are in nail-pierced hands.
You are so good, wise, just and holy,
   that no mistake is possible to you.
You are the fountain and source of all law;
   what you command is mine to obey.
I yield to your sovereignty all that I am and have;
   do with me as you will.
You have given me silence in my heart
   in place of murmurings and complaints.
Keep my wishes from growing into willings,
   my willings from becoming fault-finding
      with your providences
   and have mercy on me.
If I sin and am rebellious, help me to repent;
   then take away my mourning and give me music;
   remove my sackcloth and adorn me with beauty;
   take away my sighs and fill my mouth with songs;
   and when I am restored and rest in you
   give me summer weather in my heart.