May all be blessed as I  share a hymn today.

This hymn is labeled Old Irish and is of an Unknown Author and the date is also unknown.  It is one that I found in the book “40 Favorite Hymns on the Christian Life” by Leland Ryken.   Some may know it, but it blessed me so much that I want to share it with others.

Be Thou My Vision

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.  

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

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always;
Thou and thou only, first in my heart, 
High king of heaven, my treasure thou art.

High king of heaven, my victory won;
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.

I quote author Ryken “This hymnic poem makes the bold claim that God needs to be preeminent in our daily lives because he is the greatest treasure.
The Christ hymn found in Colossians 1:15-20 similarly asserts the preeminence of Christ.  Here is an excerpt from that hymn:

And he is before all things, and in him all things hang together.
And he is the head of the body, the church.  He is the beginning, the first born from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.  (Vs. 17-19)”
End quote.

Please read Colossians 1:15-20 and be blessed!  Amen`