Just For Today

Lord, for tomorrow and its needs,

I do not pray;

Keep me, my God, from stain of sin,

Just for today;

Let me no wrong or idle word

Unthinking say:

Set Thou a seal upon my lips,

Just for today.

Let me both diligently work,

And duly pray;

Let me be kind in word and deed,

Just for today;

Let me in season, Lord, be grave,

In seasons, gay;

Let me be faithful to Thy grace,

Just for today.

In pain and sorrow's cleansing fires,

Brief be my stay;

Oh, bid me if to-day I die,

Come home to-day;

So, for to-morrow and its needs,

I do not pray;

But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord,

Just for to-day.

~ Sybil F. Partridge