You may or may not be religious, but these words spoke to me last week at Church.  They’re from a hymn.  The words are by George Matheson and the original tune is by Albert L. Peace (awesome last name!).

O Love that wilt not let me go,

I rest my weary soul in thee;

I give thee back the life I owe,

That in thine ocean depths its flow

May richer, fuller be.

O light that followest all my way,

I yield my flickering torch to thee;

My heart restores its borrowed ray,

That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day

May brighter, fairer be.

O Joy that seekest me through pain,

I cannot close my heart to thee;

I trace the rainbow through the rain,


And feel the promise is not vain,

That morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head,


I dare not ask to fly from thee;


I lay in dust life’s glory dead,

And from the ground there blossoms red


Life that shall endless be.