A Variation on St. Teresa of Avila's Bookmark

Bob Hostetler

I choose today, Lord,
to let nothing disturb me,
to let nothing dismay me.

I choose to remember
that all things are passing,
yet you never change.

I choose to pursue
that patience endurance
that attains all it strives for.

I choose to rest in the awareness
that he who has God
lacks for nothing:

God alone suffices

(Based on "the bookmark" of St. Teresa of Avila, sixteenth century).

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