scour my heart.
refine away these impurities, these shadows in my heart. the longer they linger, the deeper they scar.
leave me abandoned to your praise.
teach me the art of losing myself in bringing you praise.
keep my mind and my heart from any thought of myself in your presence. keep me from seeking a feeling. from seeking an appearance. from seeking knowledge. from seeking anything apart from the one thing my heart desperately needs to seek.
let me seek you alone.
alone, O Lord.

i want you to be the desire of my heart. i want to delight in you.
ever, only, all
for thee.