my request

Longer days than these may be mine to live,

And still shorter nights when I long for sleep -

But there I have known You,

there You have reached,

And have gathered my mind to Your peace.

Though this road has wound and signs have failed,

Still Your Word has found me and purposed my steps -

And there I have found You,

Father of Light, in the darkness

Your Truth is my Way and my rest.

There is nothing so sweet, not a face or a name,

That compares with my love and my need for Your own.

Into darkest of corners, You have reached in to find me.

My heart, to Your own, may You bind -

By Your life, may I keep losing mine.