A Quiet Heart Through Change
Seeks refuge in God’s unchanging love through aging, uncertainty, daily work, and the approach of death.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
ALMIGHTY GOD, Who dost never change, grant that from Thine unchangeableness may come our fixedness; and as year by year passes away, and the touch of change, and the frost of age, and the shadows of the Valley of Death come upon us, ever in Thine unchanging wisdom and love may we find a refuge. May we abide with quiet heart, knowing that in life and in death we are ever within Thy loving care, leaving to Thee the things that are too high for us, and the wisdom that is too deep for us, and looking forward fearlessly, blessing Thee that Thou givest us light enough for our day’s work, hope enough for the night of darkness, life enough for love, until our great change comes; after which, lead Thou us in the paths of eternal peace. We ask this through Jesus Christ and in His name.—AMEN.