Everything To Me

In vain I searched amongst this earth For lovely pleasures, lasting peace The worldly pleasures had no worth And worldly peace would quickly cease All treasures of the earth were vain The world confused me—what was true? What hope or goodness would remain Throughout the ages?—only You You taught me and I understood That all my life, I sought for You For You alone are truly good The source of treasures dear and true All temporal treasures have a mar All temporal beauties have a stain They fade and flicker like a star And every life is mixed with pain But You give joys that never end The ceaseless hope not from the earth You give me grace, and call me friend In Your great love, my heart finds worth For what on earth compares to You? The humble heart You satisfy When toward Your throne I set my eyes In love, You hear each desperate cry Though all things temporal fall apart My hope is that You hear and see Forever You will hold my heart For You are everything to me