Desires--from The Valley of Vision

" O Thou that hearest prayer,
Teach me to pray.
I confess that in religious exercises
the language of my lips and the feelings
of my heart have not always agreed,
that I have frequently taken carelessly upon
my tongue a name never pronounced above
without reverence and humility,
that I have often desired things which would have injured me,
that I have depreciated some of my chief mercies,
that I have erred both on the side of my hopes
and also of my fears,
that I am unfit to choose for myself,
for it is not in me to direct my steps.
Let thy Spirit help my infirmities,
for I know not what to pray for as I ought.
Let him produce in me wise desires by which
I may ask the right things,
then I shall know thou hearest me.
May I never be importunate for temporal blessings,
but always refer them to thy fatherly goodness,
for thou knowest what I need before I ask;
May I never think I prosper unless my soul prospers,
or that I am rich unless rich toward thee,
or that I am wise unless wise unto salvation.
May I seek first thy kingdom and its righteousness.
May I value things in relation to eternity.
May my spiritual welfare by my cheif solicitude.
May I be poor, afflicted, despised and have thy blessing,
rather than by successful in enterprise,
or have more than my heart can wish,
or be admired by my fellow-men,
if thereby these things make me forget thee.
May I regard the world as dreams, lies, vanities, vexation of spirit,
and I desire to depart from it.
And may I seek my happiness in thy favour, image, presence, service.

Soby's it

So I went to dinner with a beautiful young lady tonight. I don't usually write about real, physical stuff happening in my life. I usually leave my journal to the more metaphysical, philosophical. But tonight will be an exception. I went out with this amazing young woman of God who is such an encouragement to me. We ate dinner at a really nice restaurant that came with a high recommendation and it fully met and exceeded my expectations. After dinner we went down to this park by a river for a little chill time. The sky was this bluish pink "cotton candy" look and it set the perfect mood. We talked about everything and nothing in a manner where you just wish that seconds would become hours that never make it into the history books. I wish I was still sitting there next to this beautiful young lady with vibrant blue eyes. But alas, I am sitting at my computer typing about that moment. *sigh*