Be Thou My Vision

Posted on Friday 28 July 2006 at 3:46 PM in Homeschooling - Post Comment

I love to sing.  While I can sing and sing in tune, I'd never win any competitions.  A choir voice it is...better when blended with MANY others.   I suppose that is why the Lord allowed me to have the talent for the flute instead.  But while I do love to sing, Boo doesn't have this same enthusiasm about it.  He will if he has to, but he'd rather not.  But once in a while he will join me.  One of the things I wanted to do as he grows up was make sure he learned and appreciated hymns.  It's important for me because unfortunately we don't sing them that often in our church.  It's amazing when we do because you hear all the lovely harmonies as everyone sings.  You just don't get that with praise choruses...unless you are part of the worship team.  Anyway, this is the song we are learning right now.  One of my favorites.  Sing with me??

Be Thou My Vision

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
be all else but naught to me, save that thou art;
be thou my best thought in the day and the night,
both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word,
be thou ever with me, and I with thee Lord;
be thou my great Father, and I thy true son;
be thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
be thou my whole armor, be thou my true might;
be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower:
O raise thou me heavenward, great Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise:
be thou mine inheritance now and always;
be thou and thou only the first in my heart;
O Sovereign of heaven, my treasure thou art.

High King of heaven, thou heaven's bright sun,
O grant me its joys after victory is won;
great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all.