Everything I Need

A poem I have come to love...

Everything I Need

I asked for strength and

God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom and 

God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity and

God gave me brawn and brains to work.

I asked for courage and

God gave me dangers to overcome.

I asked of patience and

God placed me in situations where I was forced to wait.

I asked for love and

God gave me troubled people to help.

I asked for favors and 

God gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted.

I received everything I needed.

My prayers have all been answered.

-Author Unknown