Bigger Than I.

This' one of my most precious sketches.
It's a picture of a dream I had when I was 14.
And I remember how I awoke rattling to my mum about it,
'Oh I will never want that to happen!'

What a child I was.
I just didn't understand the beauty of it.

Tonight, I remind myself
That the life I now live
Is bigger than I.
And how happy I am because of that.

Foolish one,
What you sow
Is not made alive
Unless it dies.

Let me decrease,
So that You can Increase.

For all that I do amounts to nothing,
Except those which are done
By You,
Through You and
For You.

As I am nothing,
Nothing at all
Without You.

There must be something more.
I can do all things through You.

From the glory of my youth
To the weakness of my aged bones
I will sing of You forever.
Even if arrows come my way,
Nothing shall shut my mouth
To sing of You forever.

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