If I Should Die Before I Wake
(A bedtime prayer)
by doug hyden
If I should die
before I wake—
Let the last thing I ever said to
Carol be: “I love you.”
If I should die
before I wake—
Let the last thing I ever said to
Forrest be, “Son, I am proud of you.”
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me go remembering the laughs
I have laughed, not the tears I have shed.
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me go with forgiveness in my
heart for all who hurt me.
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me go with forgiveness in my
heart for the one who hurt me most: myself.
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me go remembering the good
things I did and not the bad things I did, or the things I should have done but
left undone.
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me go thinking of the joys I
have known, the love I have felt, the wonders I have seen, and what friendships
I have made.
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me go with a song in my heart
for the people I love.
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me know in peace, reconciled
with God and humankind, knowing that believing that I have been forgiven.
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me go with anticipation for
what is to come, not with sorrow over what I’m leaving behind.
If I should die
before I wake—
Let me go with gratitude to you,
God, for my life, however badly I have misused it. In spite of everything, the
good has far outweighed the bad. I’m glad I was here.
If I should die
before I wake—
I pray you, God, my soul to take.
Amen.
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