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A Simple Prayer

Now I lay me down to sleep
Keep me where I will not weep
If I should die before I wake
Let me ascend to heavens gate

If I should live another day
Help me to be all that I may
So I may be a light for you
To show others that You're true

If I should live another year
Help me to be so sincere
Let me praise with all I have
So some see your mercy is a salve

To heal their lives and save their souls
To mend each heart so full of holes
Help me to know you more each day
So full of love I want to stay

If I should live a long long life
Help me to cope with all life's strife
I end this prayer with this request
Help me to be my very best

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Beata Agustin

June 6, 2022 at 11:04 PM

Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.

Charles Reese

June 7, 2022 at 5:49 AM

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

John Watt

June 4, 2022 at 7:36 PM

Charles, a nice variation on the old familiar bedtime prayer. I like how you include different lifespans since "of that day and hour knoweth no man". God bless you, brother

Charles Reese

June 4, 2022 at 8:18 PM

Thanks for the review, My inspiration was the cheese head prayer that starts " Now I lay me down to sleep a bag of peanuts at my feet if I should die before I wake please give them to my brother jake." The rest just came and built on each verse.