O blessed Jesus, who didst use Thine own most precious life for the redemption of Thy human brethren, giving no thought to ease or pleasure or worldly enrichment, but filling up all Thine hours and days with deeds of self-denying love, give me grace today to follow the road Thou didst first tread; and to Thy name be all the glory and the praise, even unto the end. Amen.
“A Diary of Private Prayer” by John Baillie