Prayer

"This is a prayer from a woman alone in a foreign land, entrusted with the responsibility of some hundreds of children and dozens of co-workers. The job was too much for her, of course - in her own strength. 

So she prayed:

When stormy winds against us break
Stablish and reinforce our will;
O hear us for thine own Name's sake,
Hold us in strength and hold us still.

Still as the faithful mountains stand
Through the long silent years of stress,
So would we wait at Your right hand,
In quietness and steadfastness.

But not of us this strength, O Lord,
And not of us this constancy;
Our trust is Your Eternal Word,
Your presence our security."
-"Passion and Purity" by Elisabeth Elliot

I had to reread it a couple times to realize how good it is.