Chris' Prayer: Shane and Shane's "Lord, I Give You My Heart"

I feel like there is an ocean between the first line of the song and the rest. I've been on one shore, and, in fact, make my home on one shore. I venture over to the other only once every so often, just long enough to play the role of tourist and see why it is such a great place. But before getting too comfortable, it seems like I'm being called back home to the shore where the first line of the song resides.

This is my desire, to honor You

I do! I desire to honor my God. I desire to do all of the things the rest of the song talks about, but alas, they are 1,000 miles away on a distant shore. Worship Him with all of my heart? Adore only what is from Him? Give Him my heart and my soul? To live for Him alone? Yeah, I've been there long enough to take some really neat pictures and maybe even purchase a T-shirt or knick knack. But to actually reside on that shore? To make my home there?

I hope to...someday. It's just the leaving everything behind, on the other shore, that scares me.


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