"Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace"

by St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
seek to be consoled as to console,
not so much to be understood as to understand,
not so much to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
it is in dying that we awake to eternal life.

Romans 6:13 - But present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

It is my prayer that today and every day, Lord, You use me as Your instrument for righteousness. Thy will be done.