Thou Art My Life

Verse 1

Jesus, my Lord, Thou art my life, My rest in labor, shield in strife; Thy love begets my love to Thee; Thy fullness that which filleth me.

Verse 2

Long, long I struggled e’er I knew My struggling vain, my life untrue; I sought by effort of my own The gift that comes from Christ alone.

Verse 3

I pray’d and wrestled in my pray’r, I wrought, but self was ever there; Joy never came, nor rest, nor peace, Nor faith, nor hope, nor love’s increase.

Verse 4

My effort vain, my weakness lean’d, On Christ alone; to Him I turn’d, Content to let His fullness be God’s boundless gift of grace to me.