May. 1, 2007 - May this be our prayer today.....
As I was thinking of what I should write about, none of my post sound good for today, I thought of at least four different topics. But, this song is what my heart just ached for . May you will be blessed as you read these wonderful words. This is a hymn by Charles Wesley. He wrote over 6,000 hymns. Charles and his brother John were the founders of the Methodist Church. Remember I had a post with a quote from their mother a while back?
O for a heart to praise my God,
by Charles Wesley
O for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free,
A heart that always feels Thy blood
So freely shed for me.
A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer’s throne,
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.
A humble, lowly, contrite, heart,
Believing, true and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Christ who dwells within.
A heart in every thought renewed
And full of love divine,
Perfect and right and pure and good,
A copy, Lord, of Thine.
Thy tender heart is still the same,
And melts at human woe:
Jesus, for thee distressed I am,
I want Thy love to know.
My heart, Thou know’st, can never rest
Till Thou create my peace;
Till of mine Eden repossest,
From self, and sin, I cease.
Fruit of Thy gracious lips, on me
Bestow that peace unknown,
The hidden manna, and the tree
Of life, and the white stone.
Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;
Write Thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new, best name of Love.
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