14 Dec 2024
Let your will be mine (2)
"Grant me always to desire and to will that which is to Thee most acceptable. Let Thy will be mine, and let my will ever follow Thine, and agree perfectly with it. Let my will be one with Thine, and let me not be able to will or not to will anything else, but what Thou willest or willest not.
Grant that I may die to all things that are in the world, and for Thy sake love to be condemned and not known in this generation. Grant to me above all things that can be desired, to rest in Thee, and in Thee to have my heart at peace. Thou art the true peace of the heart; Thou its only rest."
~ Thomas a Kempis, "The Imitation of Christ"
Side note:
This is an older translation that I read many years ago. I was glad I recently found it in my old notes. I did not record which translation this was and I no longer have the book. It is essentially the same as the newer translation by Croft and Bolton, but this older translation has a special place for me.
Bible verses are also like that sometimes. Certain translation leave a different impression than other translation. Or maybe because that was the first time I took notice of the verse in a given life situation that was very relevant.
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