The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

January 26

Not, Lord, because I have done well or ill;

Not that my mind looks up to thee clear-eyed;

Not that it struggles in fast cerements tied;

Not that I need thee daily sorer still;

Not that I wretched, wander from thy will;

Not now for any cause to thee I cry,

But this, that thou art thou, and here am I.