Confederate Prayer

[03Fox2/1]

The following is the prayer of an unknown Confederate soldier found in a churchyard cemetery in South Carolina.


I ASKED GOD FOR STRENGTH THAT I MIGHT ACHIEVE,

I WAS MADE WEAK, THAT I MIGHT LEARN HUMBLY TO OBEY...

I ASKED FOR HEALTH, THAT I MIGHT DO GREATER THINGS,

I WAS GIVEN INFIRMITY, THAT I MIGHT DO BETTER THINGS...

I ASKED FOR RICHES, THAT I MIGHT BE HAPPY,

I WAS GIVEN POVERTY, THAT I MIGHT BE WISE...

I ASKED FOR POWER, THAT I MIGHT HAVE THE PRAISE OF MEN,

I WAS GIVEN WEAKNESS, THAT I MIGHT FEEL THE NEED OF GOD...

I ASKED FOR ALL THINGS, THAT I MIGHT ENJOY LIFE,

I WAS GIVEN LIFE, THAT I MIGHT ENJOY ALL THINGS...

I GOT NOTHING THAT I ASKED FOR, BUT EVERYTHING I HAD HOPED FOR,

ALMOST DESPITE MYSELF, MY UNSPOKEN PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED,

I AM AMONG ALL MEN, MOST RICHLY BLESSED.

[Bombardier]

I ASKED FOR ALL THINGS, THAT I MIGHT ENJOY LIFE,

I WAS GIVEN LIFE, THAT I MIGHT ENJOY ALL THINGS...

Brilliant verse,although a briliant prayer all round (Y)

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First Class! (Y)