refresh

Building on my previous entry about how sometimes my way isn't actually what's best for me, below is one of my favorite prayers in the Baha'i Writings, precisely because it so clearly elucidates how God knows us better than we know ourselves.  

     O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. I will no longer be sorrowful and grieved; I will be a happy and joyful being. O God! I will no longer be full of anxiety, nor will I let trouble harass me. I will not dwell on the unpleasant things of life.

   O God! Thou art more friend to me than I am to myself. I dedicate myself to Thee, O Lord.