I hold the very special privilege of teaching  piano to Katie Shermer.  One of the neat things I'm able to do is take time during her lesson to teach her "new" songs to sing, and not just to play piano.  Last week I introduced When I Survey The Wondrous Cross.  I'm certain she'd heard it in the past, but at first it wasn't familiar at all.  I try desperately to get her to take in the words so she won't just be singing a melody, but offering her voice in worship.  Today as she got to the last verse I heard the words "Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all."

I've been pondering/meditating/stuck on the fact that He does demand my "all" - every part of my life.   I recently read a prayer of Jimmy Graham (pioneer missionary to China):

Lord,
I give up all my own plans and purposes,
all my own desires and hopes
and accept Thy will for my life.
I give myself, my life, my all
utterly to Thee to be Thine forever.
Fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit,
use me as Thou wilt, send me where Thou wilt,
work out Thy whole will in my life
at any cost now and forever.

 

I've been a Christian for a long time...and I've got so much more growing to do.