A Thanksgiving for Recovery

O gracious Lord, in whose hand my life is, I praise and magnify thee, that thou hast restored me to health again. It is thou alone, O Lord, that hast preserved my life from destruction; thou hast chastened and corrected me; but thou hast not given me over unto death. O let this life which thou hast graciously spared me, be wholly consecrated to thee. Behold, O Lord, I am by thy mercy made whole; O make me strictly careful to sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto me. Grant me, I beseech thee, so to employ every minute of that time thou shalt allow me, that when thou shalt appear, I may have confidence, and not be ashamed before thee at thy coming. Lord, I have found by this approach towards death, how dreadful a thing it is to be taken unprepared. O let it be a perpetual admonition to me to watch for my master’s coming. Hear me, and as thou hast in much mercy afforded me time, so grant me also grace to work out my salvation. Grant this, I beseech thee, for thy dear Son Jesus Christ’s sake, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.