I

Oh God! Whether I have status or not,

I now understand myself.

If my status is high it is because of Your elevation,

and if it is low it is because of Your ordination.

Everything is in Your hands.

I have neither any choices, nor any complaints.

You ordained that I would be born in this country and among this people,

and all that I should do is to be completely submissive under Your dominion

because all is within what You have ordained.

II

I do not give thought to status; after all, I’m but a created being.

If You place me in the bottomless pit, in the lake of fire and brimstone,

I’m nothing but a created being,

I’m nothing but a created being.

If You use me, I am a created being.

If You perfect me, I’m yet a created being.

If You do not perfect me, I will still love You

because I’m no more than a created being.

III

I am nothing more than a minuscule created being of the Creator,

just one among all created humans. It was You who created me,

and now You have once again placed me in Your hands to do with me as You will.

I’m willing to be Your tool and I’m willing to be Your foil.

It’s because everything is what You have ordained;

no one can change it.

It’s because everything is what You have ordained;

no one can change it.

All things and all events are in Your hands.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Why Are You Unwilling to Be a Foil?