Single Woman's Prayer

A very good friend of mine shared this prayer with me, and I would like to share it to all my lovely single girl friends as well.

This is a wonderful prayer by Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham from the book Never Let It End

Dear God, I prayed, all unafraid

(as we’re inclined to do),

I do not need a handsome man

But let him be like You;

I do not need one big and strong

Nor yet so very tall,

Nor need he be some genius,

Or wealthy, Lord, at all;

But let his head be high, dear God,

And let his eye be clear,

His shoulders straight, whate’er his state,

Whate’er his earthly sphere;

And let his face have character,

A ruggedness of soul,

And let his whole life show, dear God,

A singleness of goal;

Then when he comes

(As he will come)

With quiet eyes aglow,

I’ll understand that he’s the man

                                          I prayed for long ago.

- Ruth Bell Graham