Front Porch Fridays: Trusting God With Your Future

Prayer for My Future Husband

By Ruth Bell Graham, written at age 13

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.

Front Porch Fridays are designed for the encouragment and support of the young lady blogger, striving to bring her closer to the Creator in each post.