"To Be Fit For God"

Thou Maker and Sustainer of all things,
Day and night are thine,
   heaven and earth declare thy glory;
But I, a creature of thy power and bounty,
  have sinned against thee by resisting the dictates of conscience,
                                                          the demands of thy law,
                                                          the calls of thy gospel;
  yet I live under the dispensation of a given hope.
Deliver me from wordly dispositions,
   for I am born from above and bound for glory.
May I view and long after holiness
   as the beauty and dignity of the soul.
Stay my mind upon thee and turn my trials to blessings,
   that they may draw out my gratitude and praise
     as I see their design and effects.

Balance my mind in all varying cirumstances
   and help me to cultivate a disposition that renders every duty
     a spiritual privilege.
Thus may I be content,
                  be a glory to thee
                  and an example to others.


- excerpt from The Valley of Vision, A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions {bold text emphasis mine}