Reflections

Reflections from Bro. Rudy –

May 9, 2012

A MOTHER’S PRAYER

Susana Wesley was the mother of Charles and John Wesley.  She played a major role in their faith development.  This prayer reveals why she was such an influence on Charles and John becoming the spiritual leaders they became:

God, I give You praise for days well spent.

But I am yet unsatisfied,

Because I do not enjoy enough of you.

I apprehend myself at too great a distance from You.

I would have my soul more closely united to You by faith and love.

You know, Lord, that I would love You above all things.

You made me, You know my desires, my expectations.

My joys all center in You and it is You that I desire.

It is Your favor, Your acceptance, the communication

Of Your grace that I earnestly wish for more than anything in the world.

I rejoice in your essential glory and blessedness.

I rejoice in my relation to You, that You are my Father, my Lord, and my God.

I thank You that You have brought me so far.

I will beware of despairing of Your mercy for the time which is yet to come,

And will give You the Glory for Your free grace. In Jesus’s Name, Amen.

(Susanna Wesley)

(Shared by Kenny Baskin – Arab First UMC Newsletter)

This Sunday we will recognize mothers during our worship services.  Those of us who have/had mothers like Susanna Wesley need to take the opportunity to say thank you for their faithfulness. 

As always, your responses to these Reflections are welcome.  You can email me at rguess@gmvumc.org.