Only One Heart

I have only one heart

And only so much can be written there

I would reserve it for what you have prepared

Make it ready to receive the word youíd write

Make ready my heart

Make it a tablet clean and holy

May I reserve it Lord for only

The very words you would cite

In that innermost part

The recesses of my heart

Where it shall host your mercyís source

Now write your message Lord so clear

SoÝ that I canít help but hear

I know it will sustain me on my course.

In the silence alone

Let me read what you would write

SustainÝ me like a beacon burning bright

Lord write your message on the tablet of my heart

So purify my heart

The lines the world has written erase

And put your decrees in their place

And the wisdom of your Word impart

If I would be renewed

Transformed by holy food

I must feast uponÝ the things that you require

If I would find your way

I must meditate on it night and day

And then I will find I have my heartís desire.

Anthony Foster

August 31, 2005

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