Becky and we will be leaving for Springfield shortly. Since I won’t have time for another chapter of Essentially Esther……..I’m leaving you a poem I wrote in August 1975. With the summer Olympics in full swing it may apply to them as well, although it is spiritual in content….and so I dedicate it to them.

MY PRAYER

Oh Lord, I do not pray for wealth
Nor do I pray for ease.
I can’t be happy if I’m idle
Or doing what I please.

How can I sing the victor’s song
Until I’ve survived the fight?
How can the light of day shine forth
Without the dark of night?

Don’t give me a sea that’s placid
With never an angry wave,
How would I ever really know
If the ship I sail is brave?

There’s many a stormy wind to blow
And many a tree will fall,
But only when we’ve held our ground
Can we know if we’re big or small.

Don’t let me whimper or run away
Let me stand with the brave and the best,
With never a thought for what I may lose
I give myself, daily, to test.

Oh God, I may fail, but please let me try
For to achieve without effort is shame,
I honor you more if I’ve endured the worst
And still can praise your sweet name.


Have a wonderful day and I’ll be back tomorrow, Lord willing.
Until then,

Essentially Esther