Prayer of Encouragement Peter Scazzero

I asked God for strength that I might achieve,

I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.

 

I asked for health that I might do great things;

I was given infirmity that I might do better things.

 

I asked for riches that I might be happy,

I was given poverty that I might be wise.

 

I asked for power when I was young that I might have the praise of men;

I was given weakness that I might feel the need for God.

 

I asked for all things that I might enjoy life;

I was given life that I might enjoy all things.

 

I got nothing that I asked for,

But everything I had hoped for.

 

Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered,

I am, among all people, most richly blessed.