J.M.J.

MY BEST FRIEND

WHO, MY DEAR LORD, IS MY VERY BEST FRIEND?

IS IT THE ONE WHO MY VIEWS WILL ALWAYS DEFEND?

IS IT THE ONE WHO MY ACTIONS WILL NOT CONTRADICT

EVEN THOUGH THEIR CONCLUSIONS WITH MY OWN MAY CONFLICT?

ON WHOM, MY DEAR LORD, CAN I TRULY RELY

WHEN I AM IN TROUBLE TO WIPE MY TEARS DRY?

WITH WHOM CAN I SHARE MY DEEPEST CONCERNS?

WHO WILL SHARE ALL THE AGONY THAT IN MY HEART BURNS?

WHO, MY DEAR LORD, MY NEEDS NOT FORSAKE

AND REACH OUT THEIR HAND FOR ME, LORD, TO TAKE?

WHO CAN LOOK AT MY FAULTS AND NOT CRITICIZE

AND ACCEPT ME AS I APPEAR IN THEIR EYES?

WHERE, MY DEAR LORD, CAN I FIND SUCH A FRIEND

WHO WILL LOVE ME FOREVER AND NOT JUST PRETEND?

I ASK YOU, DEAR LORD, TO GIVE ME THE GRACE

TO FIND SUCH A FRIEND THAT NO ONE CAN REPLACE.

I THANK YOU, DEAR LORD, FOR LETTING ME SEE

THE FRIEND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE FOR ME.

I THANK YOU, DEAR LORD, FOR GIVING YOUR SON

TO BE MY BEST FRIEND DESPITE ALL I HAVE DONE.

“THY WILL BE DONE”

8-6-1997

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