Asking for Things

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Asking for Things

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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 that I hoped for

almost despite myself,

my unspoken prayers were answered.

I am among all men,

most richly blessed.