The gift

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down
from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change
like shifting shadows.
- James 1:17

Quotation:
O Lord, let thyself be found with a good gift to everyone
who needs it, that the happy may find courage to accept thy
good gifts, that the sorrowful may find courage to accept thy
perfect gifts. For to men there is a difference of joy and of
sorrow, but for thee, O Lord, there is no difference in these
things; everything that comes from thee is a good and perfect
gift.
-Kierkegaard (1813-1855)