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The prayers were awesome on this day—Peter Dathenus’s confessional prayer and Wilhelm Loehe’s Prayer of Intercession. Wow. So beautiful, I feel like I should memorize them!

“Restore my soul, O God. There are green pastures around me for which my eye has no lens; there are quiet waters beside me for which my ear has no chord; restore my soul. The path on which I go is already the path of your righteousness; open my eyes, that I may behold its windows…May I be content to know that your goodness and mercy shall follow me without waiting to see them in advance of me.” George Matheson

“Almighty God, whose creation, and the work of whose hands we are—grant us to know that we exist and move in you alone, so that we may submit ourselves unto you…showing ourselves your willing and obedient followers, as it becomes sons. Thus may we endeavour to glorify your name in this world, till we arrive at the enjoyment of that blessed heritage which is laid up for us in heaven…” ~John Calvin

Thomas Becon’s Prayer for Illumination 🤯❤️

The Toplady, Johnson, and à Kempis were all sublime today! Just gorgeous prayers and reflections.

It’s a mystery to me, the number of times John Calvin can write in the same sentence that we are “created by God and the work of His hands” and then immediately say we are “dust and filth”. Does God make filth?! Sorry, Calvin, but that is such a jarring contradiction…

All to say that I’m still thoroughly enjoying this devotional collection of prayers and meditations that Gibson has compiled. ❤️

You, Lord, have become my hope, my comfort, my strength, my all! …The darkness vanished from before my eyes, and I beheld you, the sun of righteousness. When I loved darkness, I knew you not, but wandered on from night to night. But you led me out of that blindness; you took me by the hand and called me to yourself, and now I can thank you, and your mighty voice which has penetrated to my inmost heart. St Augustine