Be a Slave To God

If I must be a slave, let it be a slave to self-control. Let me be obsessed by perseverance. Let me indulge in discipline and determination. If I must be consumed, let me be consumed by love and compassion. Let me be dominated by hope and infatuated with holy, honorable, and righteous thinking. If I must live, let me live with passion. Let me step out with courage. Let me speak with gentleness, but also with authority and fervor. Let me pray with earnest and zeal. Let me breathe in each moment with gratitude and let my light shine with intensity and joy. Let me swallow up each experience as a child does, as I'm seeing it for the first time. Let faith and wisdom be my guides. And let God be my rock, my strength, and my salvation!