My Creator and Father, Thou true and only God, from whom cometh health
and sickness, prosperity and adversity, it being Thy will that I should
be afflicted so many days with this bodily sickness, give me Christian
patience and the full assurance of hope. In times of adversity as well as
in times of prosperity, Thou alone art my beloved Father. In this life,
it is but the common lot of every faithful member of the church to bear
the cross. Why should I make myself an exception? When even my Saviour,
Jesus Christ, the head of the church, had to suffer for me. Beloved God
and Father, who art upright in all Thy ways, keep me in Thy Word and let
it be my surest remedy and greatest delight. Amen.