Some Good Days Are Made Better

Today the post brought a letter. Remember those? With a stamp in the corner? That is always a treat.

This one brought with it an amazing piece of church history. An ancient hymn written by a saint and martyr of the 5Th Century was enclosed.

Aside from the theology it contains, it is a glorious picture of the Faith Walk, the journey in every age by every pilgrim who seeks to please his or her Captain.

A Hymn of Praise is the superscript, written on the First Commandment.

If all you want, Lord,

is my heart,

my heart is yours alone-

Providing I may set apart my mind

to be my own.

If all you want, Lord, is my mind,

my mind belongs to you,

But let my heart remain inclined

to do what it would do.

If heart and mind would both suffice,

while I keep strength and soul,

At least I would not sacrifice

completely my control.

But since, O God, you want them all

to shape with your own hand,

I pray for grace to heed your call

to live your first command.

~St. Flavian, died 449

These words are so 'contemporary' one must "touch them to see if the ink is dry."

Thank you, Dear Daughter for the reminder that the call on our lives, by our Faithful God remains the same from age to age.