Love escapes my mortal heart…
Experience draws it away;
The more You direct,
The more the hurts
Want to hold my heart in place.

Human hurt and bitterness
Struggle against the goads;
Pain and defeat
Cause my mind to focus
On harsh and heavy loads.

Yet Your Spirit nudges
He speaks and I know
The direction You give,
And as I feel the pains
My heart must obey;
Lord help me to let the them go.

Overflowing abundant love
Such as You poured out for me;
Fervent, sincere, pure, is such
As You gave and You give to me,
Such as You desire to form in me.
Lord, may Your love increase in me,
May Your love overflow from me.
Lord, let it be You, not me…
For my heart is far too full of me.

                                     A.D.W.