Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart
Here is the citadel of all my desiring,
where my hopes are born
and all the deep resolutions of my spirit take wings.
In this center, my fears are nourished,
and all my hates are nurtured.
Here my loves are cherished,
and all the deep hungers of my spirit are honored
without quivering and without shock.
In my heart, above all else,
let love and integrity envelope me
until my love is perfected and the last vestige
of my desiring is no longer in conflict with Thy Spirit.
Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart.
By Howard Thurman, USA, 20th cent.
By permission of the Howard Thurman Educational Trust
The United Methodist Hymnal
Book of United Methodist Worship
Copyright © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
Eighth Printing 1993
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