I was sitting in sacrament meeting today juggling the boys around trying to be quiet. Then we started singing "More Holiness Give Me" for the sacrament hymn and I immediately felt the spirit. It had been a long time since I'd heard this song and I love it! The words have always spoken to me, urging me to seek after the Lord and those things that will sanctify. As I sat there listening to the words and just about bawling I made a promise to myself to seek after that which is holy. To purge myself of the unimportant and inappropriate. To seek after that which will build up, edify and uplift. To be filled with more reverence and awe for my Savior. And more heart-felt gratitude for His atonement.
More holiness give me, more strivings within.
More patience in suffering, more sorrow for sin.
More faith in my Savior, more sense of His care.
More joy in His service, more purpose in prayer.
More gratitude give me, more trust in the Lord.
More zeal for His glory, more hope in His Word.
More tears for His sorrows, more pain at His grief.
More meekness in trial, more praise for relief.
More purity give me, more strength to o’ercome,
More freedom from earth-stains, more longings for home.
More fit for the kingdom, more useful I’d be,
More blessèd and holy, more, Savior, like Thee.
