I Seek To Love You

I seek to love You for Yourself, not for the profit I will gain; if prison walls are all I know, my love should grow and never wane. Within myself I have not strength to love You, Lord, the way I ought; but if I yield my all to Thee then You can do what I could not. I love You, Lord, no more than I love those who closely share my life; and if at them I take offense or pleasure find in any strife, I have not learned to love at all. So often I have failed the test when most I thought I really loved; Lord, I would learn Your way is best. I must have You! Oh, more and more, I need Your presence in my heart; I cannot have too much of You! It seems I've just begun to start to know the fullness of Your life. Your way of love is far too high for my poor heart to comprehend. I need Your love; my love must die. So love Yourself, my God, through me, and may my life a channel be where love in rivers, calm and clear, Flows on in true simplicity. Cut deep the gorge within my heart; the stony contents wear away. let fountains of Your love and joy burst forth and brighten someone's way. Faye Lanham Gibson Copyright, 1987