My God,
You have helped me to see,
that whatever good is in the blessings of being honored and of happiness,
how good is he who gives them,
and can withdraw them;
that blessedness is not so much found
in receiving good from you and in you,
but in showing your glory and virtue;
that it is an amazing thing for you to be seen
in a creature as you speak, act
fill, and shine through it;
that nothing is good but you,
that I am near good when I am near you,
that to be like you is a glorious thing:
This is my magnet, my attraction.
You are all my good in times of peace,
my only support in days of trouble,
my one sufficiency when life shall end.
Help me to see how good your will is in all,
and even when it crosses mine
teach me to be pleased with it.
Grant me to feel you in shelter and food and every providence,
and to see that your many gifts and creatures
are but your hands and fingers taking hold of me.
O bottomless fountain of all good,
I give myself to you out of love,
for all I have or own is yours,
my possessions, family, church, self,
to do with as you will,
to honor yourself by me, and by all that is mine.
If it is in harmony with your eternal counsels,
the purpose of your grace,
and the great ends of your glory,
then bestow upon me the blessings of your comforts;
If not, let me accept
your wiser determinations.
