Jesus

A FISHERMAN'S PRAYER


man in boat

Lord, I'm not sitting in my boat
on the water this morning
intending to fish. I'm out here
to have a talk with You. I can
somehow feel Your Presence here
in the stillness and quiet
so much stronger than I can amid
the rumble and roar of the city.
I know You're everywhere, Lord,
this just happens to be my way
and I thank You for knowing that.

I don't know what is going to happen
in the future to all these nature things
of Your's and I'm worried. I know that
man is merely a guardian of Your things,
and I'm at the point where I believe
that man has forgotten just exactly
what the word "guardian" means.
In the old days, when one was appointed
guardian of someone, it meant that he
watched over them with all possible care.
In the case of monies, only the interest
was allowed to be spent and the principle
remained intact to be turned over
to someone when he became mature
enough to manage it. I kind of think
that is what You intended for man
to do with those things of Yours
of which You made him guardian.
Use the interest and
keep the principle intact.

I don't know what we can do, Lord,
except to pray that You help us
to help ourselves. Sometimes, in the face
of money and progress, a lot of us feel
just downright hopeless. At these times
we would get off and let it all go by.
Lord, help us to stay on and
battle adversity, because, if those of us
who care don't stay, then those things
things we care about can't.

Help us to use the interest
from Your gifts wisely and well
and never to forget their source
And when our time is done and our
children's time has come, help us
to hand the principle over
in its completeness.

Thank You for life- what it
has been and what it will be.

author unknown

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