a favorite poem

Flame of God, by Amy Carmichael

from prayer that asks that I may be

sheltered from winds that beat on Thee

from fearing when I should aspire,

from faltering when I should climb higher

from silken self, O Captain, free

Thy soldier who would follow thee

from subtle love of softening things

from easy choices, weakenings

(not thus are spirits fortified

not this way went the Crucified)

from all that dims Thy Calvary

O Lamb of God, deliver me

give me the love that leads the way

the faith that nothing can dismay

the hope no disappointments tire

the passion that will burn like fire

let me not sink to be a clod

make me Thy fuel, flame of God

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