Prayer for Living My Days

Recently I went to a conference on world peace and within the next day or two, I wrote these new words to the tune of the hymn, “Be Thou My Vision.”

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Time marches forward from day unto day,

I spend my moments in so many ways,

Help me to balance the hours that I live,

Guide me in reaching out to love and to give.

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One day I was born and then one day I’ll die,

Years pass between and the truth there does lie,

How I respond to God calling me to make peace,

How I repair the world in my days and my weeks.

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When doubt overwhelms me, give strength to my heart,

Help me be faithful and make a new start,

God give me wisdom to transform the strife,

God give me courage to live all of my life.

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Tune: Be Thou My Vision

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