Sweet Hour of Prayer

[MajestyJo]

Sweet Hour of Prayer Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!
That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father's throne
Make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
My soul has often found relief
And oft escaped the tempter's snare
By Thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!
The joys I feel, the bliss I share,
Of those whose anxious spirits burn
With strong desires for Thy return!
With such I hasten to the place
Where God my Savior shows His face,
And gladly take my station there,
And wait for Thee, sweet hour of prayer!

Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!
Thy wings shall my petition bear
To Him whose truth and faithfulness
Engage the waiting soul to bless.
And since He bids me seek His face,
Believe His Word and trust His grace,
I'll cast on Him my every care,
And wait for Thee, sweet hour of prayer!

Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!
May I Thy consolation share,
Till, from Mount Pisgah's lofthy height,
I view my home and take my flight:
This robe of flesh I'll drop and rise
To seize the everlasting prize;
And shout, while passing through the air,
"Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer!"

Received with thanks from Bette

From 2012

[MajestyJo]

Always good to go back and read an old post. Here is one I found from 2010 on another site.

Not even sure what to call my post, I will write it out and then think about it.

I went onto the internet to check the scores from Tuesday night's bridge game. To my way of thinking, I played the worst game of bridge and all I could think of the two dumb mistakes I made, instead of looking at what I did do right.

So many times, I make a mistake in my bidding or play at the beginning of the night, and I will carry it with me all night long. I just finished talking about stuff from my past, but 10 minutes, 10 hours, 10 weeks ago is my past and I tend to forget that. Even 10 seconds ago, the words have gone and I can't take them back.

When I checked the score, we came 3rd in A section and 1st in B section. Here I was expecting to come in last because of my mistakes. I didn't realize how much of it I had still hung onto. My partner was someone I had only played with about 3 times, he had no partner and I had no partner and ended up being paired together. He kept saying, I just play it for fun, don't worry, let it go. I started in with the "Yeah buts... I want to be competetive, I don't like making 'stupid' mistakes, and don't like..."

This is something I really have to turn over to my Higher Power and ask for the healing. I need to break the old pattern and learn to forgive myself. I need to surrender all those old 'mistakes' and turn them over to my Higher Power and ask for forgiveness for not only what I did wrong but for the lack of trust and willingness to have faith, not only in Him, but in myself.

Just because I make a mistake doesn't mean I am one. I know those words but I can still act them and take them personal in today. Thank God for this program.

This is something I need to remember, but for the Grace of God, I would not be playing, eating, working, living!