I come to the time each evening,
I lie my head on the pillow.
"I'm going to leave it all with you.
"I pray that you will keep me, Lord,
"I want your Spirit within me.
"Shelter me safely through the night,
Gratefully, I rise in the morn
.
When darkness is done creeping,
When the moonlight is on the wane,
When slumber time is seeping.
My body prone on the bed.
When my thoughts mull o'er the daystorm,
And Jesus comes into my head.
You know what needs to be done.
I sure can't do it without you,
I trust you will guide my run.
On the straight and narrow way.
Please guide me, Lord, on the morrow,
So my thoughts will not dismay.
I want not to bring you shame.
From the way that I behave, Lord
I want not to soil your name.
Keep my family from all harm.
If your plans are to take me home,
Keep the family from alarm........
Prayer reclaims my mind, but then
The Son is in His full glory
The prayer speaks a glad "Amen"!
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April 2000