The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance. Psalm 16:5. <br /> <br />Though some good things of lower worth <br />My heart is called on to resign, <br />Of all the gifts in heaven and earth, <br />The greatest and the best is mine <br />The love of God in Christ made known <br />The love that is enough alone, <br />My Father's love is all my own. <br /> <br />My soul's Restorer, let me learn <br />In that deep love to live and rest <br />Let me the precious thing discern <br />Of which I am indeed possessed. <br />My treasure let me feel and see, <br />And let my moments, as they flee, <br />Unfold my endless life in Thee. <br /> <br />Let me not dwell so much within <br />My bounded heart, with anxious heed <br />Where all my searches meet with sin, <br />And nothing satisfies my need <br />It shuts me from the sound and sight <br />Of that pure world of life and light, <br />Which has no breadth, or length, or height. <br /> <br />Let me Thy power, Thy beauty see; <br />So shall the hopeless labor cease, <br />And my free heart shall follow thee <br />Through paths of everlasting peace. <br />My strength Thy gift, my life Thy care, <br />I shall forget to seek elsewhere <br />The wealth to which my soul is heir. <br /> <br />I was not called to walk alone, <br />To clothe myself with love and light; <br />And for Thy glory, not my own, <br />My soul is precious in Thy sight. <br />My evil heart can never be <br />A home, a heritage for me <br />But Thou canst make it fit for Thee.<br /><br />Anna Laetitia Waring<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/though-some-good-things-of-lower-worth/
