A prayer to reflect upon

Posted by tom | Dec 2, 2006

As you helped Abraham, and Isaac, and devious Jacob;

Joseph, and his dastardly brothers;

Moses, Aaron, and those disobedient children of the Exodus;

Samson the judge

and Samson the condemned prisoner;

David the sweet singer,

and David the seductive sinner;

Righteous Daniel in the Lion's den;

renegade Jonah in the belly of the great fish;

Holy Hezekiah on his bed of sickness;

unholy Manasseh in a Babylonian prison;

Peter walking on the waters;

Peter sinking under the waves through unbelief;

Paul in prison; Paul in prison; Paul in prison . . .

Faithful Paul with his thorn;

Sinful Paul, who confessed:

"I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing";

Sinful Paul, who confessed again:

"There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."

Help me out, Lord.

As you have so many times before.

Thank you, Lord. Again.

-- excerpted from Wright Doyle, who ministers to Chinese in this country and overseas through his work as director of the China Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. He also serves as general editor for the BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF CHINESE CHRISTIANITY. Posted in full at http://www.wqotw.org/quote.php?date=2006-11-28

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