# “Prone as I am to wander, He keeps me from wandering quite away” by John Newton

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- Published: 2019-09-04T12:00:05-05:00
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“One trial abides with me: a body of sin and death, an inward principle of evil,
which renders all I do defective and defiled.

But even here I find cause for thankfulness, for with such a heart as I have, my
sad story would soon be much worse if the Lord were not my keeper.

By this I may know that He favours me, since weak and variable as I am in myself,
and powerful and numerous as my enemies are, they have not yet prevailed against
me.

And I am admitted to a throne of grace, I have an Advocate with the Father. And 
such is the power, care, and compassion of my great Shepherd that, prone as I am
to wander, He keeps me from wandering quite away.

When I am wounded, He heals me.

When I faint, He revives me again.”

–John Newton, [_Wise Counsel: John Newton’s Letters to John Ryland Jr._](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848710534?tag=toletaupanre-20),
Ed. Grant Gordon (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 2009), 170.

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