Adelaide Pollard’s Prayer of Surrender Inspired ‘Have Thine Own Way, Lord’

During a difficult period, hymn writer Adelaide Pollard heard an elderly woman pray, “It really doesn’t matter what You do with us, Lord; just have Your way in our lives.” Pollard was seeking support for missionary work in Africa and found comfort in the woman’s words and the image of the potter and clay in Jeremiah 18:3–6. That reflection inspired her hymn “Have Thine Own Way, Lord,” expressing a desire to surrender one’s life to God. Its message is a reminder to trust God through difficult times.

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