Let me not stray from the joy of Your presence 

Let me not linger long on the words I speak

and forget my King to Whom they seek

Let me not fall in the idolatry of my heart

Nor let me not wander again unto my destruction

Hold me close with pain, discomfort, trials, afflictions, 

and if so appropriate, hunger and desolation

For I am far safer left to the mercy of God

than left in the hands of apathy, comfort, and pleasure.