To the Marrow of my Soul

Search me oh God
Down to the very marrow of my soul
Take every selfish part of me away
That might stop me from being whole
Help me peer inside my prejudice
To see the incentive of all my actions
Make kind the reflexes of my heart
Make gentle the strength of my reactions
Help me squint at every weakness
That comes from family or neighbourhood
To smash all my idols of destruction
And to create the art of all that is good
Search me oh God
Down to the very marrow of my soul
Take every selfish part of me away
That might stop me from being whole
And when I’ve let you search oh God
Believing to be in your Spirit’s collusion
Let me look just one more time
For any remnants of my own delusion.

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