Re: Following Jesus - sayings and aphorisms by Kierkegaard

You who yourself once walked the earth and left footprints that we should 
follow; you who from heaven still look down on every pilgrim, strengthen 
the weary, hearten the disheartened, lead back the straying, give solace
to 
the struggling. You who will come again at the end of time to judge each 
one individually, whether he followed you – our God and our Savior – let 
your example stand very clearly before the eyes of the soul in order to 
dispel the mists, strengthen in order to keep this alone unaltered before 
our eyes so that by resembling you and by following you we may be able to 
stand rightly before you in judgment – oh, but may we also be brought by 
you to the eternal happiness with you in the life to come.