Have thy way with me

Have thy way with me
Open mine eyes that they may see
Surrender all my insecurity
And may thy will be done in me

For all within that would cloud my mind
Would steal my joy and darkness find
So shine thy light expose my fear
And cause thy grace to flutter near

Breathe in me thy bountiful courage
Carry me and do not discourage
For oft have I inward sought
Where lies disguise the truth

Be thou my one desire
And when this goal
I do aquire
Then come

And fill my troubled heart
With earthly love
That's blessed from above
Grant this hope

In me which is fleeting
That though this frail heart
May quake within
For thy sake grant it me
Again

For that which is good
And pleasing to thee
May it yet be found
In time for me

And though I know
Not the day it come
I pray it too may draw
Me nearer to you

For in its lesson find
A picture of thy love in kind
For earthly joys are but
An eloquent breeze

Which warms and cools
A season or more
Until their light
Goes out

Yet for thy light
Which always remains
May it ever burn bright
And envelope my veins

That life eternal in it move
And spread the truth
And love it prove

-Joshua Lee Foist