“A Prayer for Joy”
Help me, O God,
To listen to what it is that makes
my heart glad
And to follow where it leads.
May joy, not guilt,
Your voice, not the voices of
others,
Your will, not my willfulness,
Be the guides that led me to my
vocation.
Help me to unearth the passions of
my heart
That lay burred in my youth.
And help me to go over that ground
again and again
Until I can hold in my hands,
Hold and treasure,
Your calling on my life.
--Ken Gire, Windows of the Soul
