Lord, I confess my heart’s impure

Lord

I confess my heart’s impure

So weak in loving Thee.

Thy light upon my heart obscure

Unfaithfulness reveals.

Although my mind with Thine agrees:

My being Thou dost own

Some parts within would still not yield

To say

“I’m Thine alone.”

Remind me

Lord

of what love is

How faithfulness should be.

The universe to all declares

Thou lovest faithfully.

The heavens

spread from sky to sky

Bespeak Thy boundless love;

Its vast dimensions

broad and high

We’ll never fully prove.

The vault of heav’n has billows soft;

They tell Thy care for me;

Such gentle

kind and tender love

Towards one so harsh towards Thee.

Surrounding range

majestic

sure

Thy faithfulness displays.

Withstanding all

Thy love’s secure

Immutable always.

For birds aloft and trees aground

What thorough care I see!

Thy loving care for me abounds

E’en more unceasingly.

Love vast

yet thorough; strong

yet sweet

I praise with joyful tears;

I’ll love Thee

Lord

with all my heart

Today and all my years.

Trustworthy

changeless

faithful

true—

I fain would learn from Thee

That with my heart

though weak

I too

Can love Thee faithfully!