Marcie0516

Build me a son, O Lord,
who will be strong enough to know when he is weak,
and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid;
one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat,
and humble and gentle in victory. 

Build me a son
whose wishes will not take the place of deeds;
a son who will know Thee…… and that
to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.

Lead him, I pray,
not in the path of ease and comfort,
but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge.
Here, let him learn to stand up in the storm;
here let him learn compassion for those that fail.

Build me a son
whose heart will be clear,
whose goal will be high,
a son who will master himself
before he seeks to master other men;
one who will reach into the future,
yet never forget the past.

And after all these things are his,
add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor,
so that he may always be serious,
yet never take himself too seriously. 

Give him humility,
so that he may always remember
the simplicity of true greatness,
the open mind of true wisdom
and the meekness of true strength.

Then, I, his father will dare to
whisper, "I have not lived in vain."


主啊！求你塑造我的兒子，
使他能堅強地認識自己的軟弱；
在懼怕時能勇敢地面對自己；
在誠實的失敗中，毫不氣餒；
在獲得勝利時，仍保持謙遜溫和。
懇求塑造我的兒子，
不要以願望代替實際的作為；
使他認識你，同時又知道，
認識自己乃是真實知識的基石。

我祈禱，
請你別引他走向安逸舒適的道路，
而讓他經歷艱難與挑戰的壓力與鞭策，
藉此學習在風暴中挺身站立，
並學會憐恤那些挫折失敗的人。

求你塑造我的兒子，
心地光明，
目標遠大；
在他指揮別人之前，懂得如何駕馭自己；
對未來善加規劃，但永不忘記過去。

當他擁有以上的一切，
我祈求，賜他足夠的幽默感，
使他能認真嚴肅，卻不自視非凡；
賜予他謙卑，
使他永遠牢記，
真實偉大中的樸實無華，
真實智慧中的虛懷若谷，
真實力量中的溫和蘊藉。

如此，作為他父親的我，
才敢低聲說：「我已不虛此生。」