Jesus,
May your holy presence within me
Nourish my faded spirit.
May your grace grow – and I know –
The bloom of love divine.
And with patience be found fruitful.
And with joy yield all things to You.
Amen.
God gave me the heart of this prayer one Sunday just before I went up for Holy Communion. I wrote down the lines on the back of a receipt, and finished it at home that evening. Inspiration is a gift, but the work remains.
— E. D. Nelson