Create in me a heart of flesh
And mold my heart like clay
A heart that heeds, and seeks Your will
To serve You every day
Create in me a heart of flesh
A heart that can feel pains
Please melt the stoniness within
The coldness that remains
Create in me a heart of flesh
A heart that understands
A heart is whole, a heart is free
When fashioned by Your hands
Create in me a heart of flesh
That seeks no gold or fame
May all my heart’s desires be
From You, and for Your Name
Create in me a heart of flesh
And make it like Your own
That all my love and strength shall be
For You, and You alone
Little by little this does
wash the stoniness away
rocks jagged and hard must roll
to a sea of sand
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