Fill Me

 The world around me takes

     from me

sometimes taking pieces I don't want

     to give.

Depleting my resources;

leaving me ever emptier.

I desire to be filled with those things that

    only You can give ~ 

things internal and eternal.

Gifts freely given

    once I only ask.

Today I ask ...

as the world hands me busyness, 

    fill me with calm;

as the world hands me worry, 

    fill me with serenity;

as the world hands me disappointment, 

    fill me with strength;

as the world hands me distractions, 

    fill me with peace;

as the world hands me irreversible, 

    fill me with wisdom;

as the world hands me too much, 

    fill me with rest;

as the world hands me darkness, 

    fill me with hope.

I desire to be filled with the gifts of the Spirit

    dearly bought, but

    freely given in love ~

today I ask, "fill me."

Dawn M. Switzer

Based on a passage by Joyce Rupp