Asking God

I asked God for strength
He gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked God for wisdom
He gave me problems to solve.

I asked God for prosperity
He gave me brawn and brains to work.

I asked God for courage
He gave dangers to overcome.

I asked God for love
He gave me troubled people to help.

I asked God for favors
He gave me opportunities.

In truth, I received nothing I wanted but got everything I needed.

This was a poem I saw on the back of a MAKNA volunteer t-shirt, tacked on the bulletin board right outside the cancer ward here in UKMMC.

It immediately touched me, just thought I'd share it with you all.