(photo by me)
O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in
thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its
flow
May richer, fuller be.
O light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering
torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s
blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart
to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not
vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from
thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms
red
Life that shall endless be.
~ George Matheson
I love the line in the first verse that says, "I give thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be." What a beautiful picture of surrending one's life completely to God's will, allowing Him to choose how one's life is best to be spent.
