Sometimes I Write

One of the songs we sang today at BSF is a song that I could and probably should sing everyday. It’s called “Cleanse Me” and begins like this: (The bold lines are my favorite)

Search me O God, and know my heart today;
Try me, O Savior, know my thoughts I pray.
See if there be some wicked way in me;
Cleanse me from every sin and set me free.

But, it’s the second verse that I claim as my own:

I praise thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin;
Fulfill Thy Word and make me pure within.
Fill me with fire, where once I burned with shame;
Grant my desire to magnify Thy name.

The third is good too:

Lord, take my life, and make it wholly Thine;
Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine.
Take all my will, my passion, self and pride;
I now surrender, Lord, in me abide.

I could feel the crescendo coming when I belted out the last verse:

O Holy Ghost, revival comes from Thee;
Send a revival, start the work in me.
Thy Word declares Thou wilt supply our need;
For blessing now, O Lord, I humbly plead.

I learned that song about ten years ago from David Branson, a man at our church in Buena Vista. He taught it to me so I could sing the soprano line for a quartet he was forming. It took me ONCE, and I knew it from that moment on. To this day when my family visits that church and David is leading singing – he chooses this song. I’m sure you can see why I love it so much.

God is so gracious to keep it in front of me…my need to be cleansed…and the means to be so.