The worst that can be said about a man is that he’s godless, that you, my Lord, are absent from his life. Let it never be true of me.
Let nothing separate me from your presence. Let no one come between us. Let no love edge you out from my heart.
I wish to walk in your sight and please you in all things, to know your goodness and justice and mercy. I wish to be welcomed on that final day into the gates of heaven.
Keep me safe in your hand, O Lord, under the shadow of your wing. My weakness frightens me, but your strength steels me against the howling winds of worldliness.