A Homemaker's Prayer

Lord, let this house be more than walls,
Windowpanes, wide chimneys, and well-rugged floor;
Let there be signs of welcome at the door,
In smiles that greet each visitor who calls;
Let love be as the warmth within its walls
To comfort any person, grieved or poor,
Who enters, friend or stranger, at the door;
Let house be home, wherein Your dear light falls.
From Your blest Spirit, give this place, O Lord,
That peace which worldly treasure cannot buy:
Faith and contentment as shields against the storm,
Bright riches of the soul time cannot harm,
And grace which toil and trouble will not try,
Firm-founded on Thy bedrock of accord.

~ Louise Weibert Sutton