Thought for Thursday (3 March)
Thy way, not mine, O Lord
However dark it be!
Lead me by Thine own hand;
Choose out the path for me.
Smooth let it be or rough,
It will be still the best;
Winding or straight it leads
Right onward to Thy rest,
I dare not choose my lot;
I would not, if I might;
Choose Thou for me, my God,
So shall I walk aright.
The kingdom that I seek is Thine;
So let the way
That leads to it be Thine,
Else I must surely stray.
Take Thou my cup,
And it with joy or sorrow fill,
As best to Thee may seem;
Choose Thou my good or ill.
Choose Thou for me my friends,
My sickness or my health;
Choose Thou my cares for me,
My poverty or wealth.
Not mine, not mine the choice,
In things or great or small;
Be Thou my Guide, my Strength,
My Wisdom, and my All.
–Horatius Bonar
P.S. Today is World Book Day! That is so great - a whole day devoted to books! So in honour of WBD what book do you happen to be reading? (I just finished The History of Emily Montague, post forthcoming.)
March 3rd, 2005 at 11:47 pm
I’m reading: Reading Lolita in Tehran
March 3rd, 2005 at 11:55 pm
I’m reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (am about halfway through) and am enjoying it. (Thanks Nell!)
March 3rd, 2005 at 11:58 pm
Eh??? I didn’t say that!
I’m reading: nothing particualrly literary. We were reading Pilgrim’s Progress together. Well, at least we did it once:(
March 4th, 2005 at 12:16 am
I was WONDERING why *you* were reading Lolita in Tehran, Bryce!!!
March 4th, 2005 at 12:20 am
Yeah, I was pretty surprised about it too…Weird. I fixed it on behalf of my wife (who is apparently trying to frame me), so now this doesn’t make any sense. Oh well.
March 4th, 2005 at 12:28 am
*I* am not framing you - my mother is! She’s the one reading that book!! (So mom, make sure you post under your own name :)). If I were reading that book, it would be on the handy-dandy sidebar.
March 4th, 2005 at 12:37 am
Totally weird, lemme check this out…*goes to look*…*gets back*…
Ok, it’s official, Carolyn is framing me.
March 4th, 2005 at 1:00 am
Wow–even weirder! Haha! This was a funny little episode that no one just now coming to the comments will understand.
March 4th, 2005 at 6:40 pm
I don’t even have any idea how that happened~ I just typed in my comment…weird,huh? Oh, I see! when I go to post a comment it has Bryce’s name and email…how did that happen? Help! Carolyn
March 4th, 2005 at 7:46 pm
Hahahahahaa…..
March 5th, 2005 at 2:50 am
Uhhh, change it! There’s a place to start! You could also empty your cache and delete you cookies. But seriously, please don’t post stuff under my name…