Break me of my false pretenses

Break me of my false pretenses

Burden me with thy boundless love

For brother and enemy

As thou above do so

Greatly love me

My heart is full of vanity

And thirst for a worldly humanity

That seeks a superficial grace

But tis a disgraceful profanity

So come humility 

Grant me the ability

With open eyes

And ears and heart

To serve thy kingdom come

And here thy will be done

Not for my sake or others praise

But that they be caught up

And amazed by thy wonderous

All encompassing steadfast love

May thy light so shine

And burn me to the core

Ruin the darkness 

That oft clouds my vision

Unglaze my eyes

And fill them with a hunger

And holy wonder

To seek thee and serve thee

Most diligently in word and deed 

Not out of obligation

But of pure intoxication

For thy unbridled love

So grant it me

For enemy and me

That my life would so be

A crude counterfeit of thee

And nothing more

So this day

May I begin

To live and be

Set free

Of fear

And live

By faith

In hope of that

Greater country

That lies beyond 

Where we shall be

Face to face and free 

-Joshua Lee Foist