We received a quote from this poem. . . the first two lines plus the last stanza, and our family has memorized it and added it to our repertoire of prayers we say or sing before meals. Nearly everyone who has been with us when our family has prayed it together has asked for a copy of it.

I’d heard that Herbert wrote it but even ordering an anthology of his works and skimming through it, I still could not locate the poem . . . . I correctly suspected that our copy was a bit off, by a couple words, and our copy also did not indicate that it was a small quote from a larger work. . . . so anyway now after many failed googles I have found it here. . . . and of course your full quote enabled me to easily find it in the anthology I ordered.

Thanks for posting this.

Hard to imagine what ‘writing’ and thought in written from have often become. This was lovely and I wish I could see it as you spoke. Thanks for sharing it-may your heart’s pulse bring the Lord praise 😉

Kimmie
mama to 6
one homemade and 5 adopted