Meditations on the Way: Poems of a Christian Journey

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The Gift

I cannot give You from my store

Gifts to please a King;

Nothing to boast, for I am poor,

No flattering words to sing.

If I gave You all I own, dear Lord,

Would that proclaim Your goodness?

And if I sacrificed my joys,

Would that reflect Your kindness?

You have sought my heart, dear Father,

You have sought me for Your own;

Now I give to You my treasure

That I saved for Love alone.

You have held me gently by the hand,

And I can love no other,

For I have come to know You, Lord,

As Jesus knew His Father.

I seek no more to count my wealth,

Or strive my worth to prove;

For I have given all myself

Now I have given Love.

Sr. Giles (C) 2006

  Edited 05/12/2008

Br Andrew EFO