Take my life

We sang this hymn at church tonight, I've sung it loads of times over the years but this evening I was really thinking about the words. It would be great to say that this is my attitude but I think I fail in just about every area!

Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
swift and beautiful for Thee.

Take my voice, and let me sing
always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from Thee.

Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect, and use
every power as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will, and make it Thine;
it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
it shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour
at Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for Thee.

by Frances Ridley Havergal

I've just looked up Frances Havergal and it seems she had "delicate health" and died aged 42. Yet in her life she wrote 71 hymns, several of which I have been singing since I was a child!