Teach me contentment Lord

Teach me contentment, Lord, whate’er my lot,

keeping my eyes on You in trust,

knowing Your love is true, Your way is just.

 

Teach me discontentment, Lord, with what I am;

daily striving, growing daily nearer

finding You are daily closer, dearer

 

Contented, Lord, yet discontented make me,

both together working, blending

all in Your own glory ending.

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By Ruth Bell Graham
From Sitting By My Laughing Fire

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