Be Thou My Vision!

 Be Thou my vision, O lord of my heart;
Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art;
Thou my best thought, in the day and the night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my wisdom, be Thou my true word;
I ever with Thee, and Thou with me Lord;
Thou my Great Father, and I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my breast-plate, my sword for the fight;
Be Thou my armour, and be Thou my might.
Thou my soul's shelter, and Thou my high tower:
Raise Thou me Heavenward, O power of my power.
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, through all my days:
Thou and Thou only, the first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven when the battle is done,
Grant Heaven's joy to me, bright heaven's sun!
Christ of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all.

 

 This song and video is so beautiful.

The imagery of this video is so powerful. Keeping the "vision" of Christ's Atonement and the hope of God's light with us through our mist of darkness keeps us from getting sucked into despair, depression and sadness (the darkness). 

  Through this ordeal I have been amazed by the power of the atonement - the power of God's LOVE! I have felt it SO strongly! I have never felt so much love in all my life.

So you see our pain, though sore, painful and seemingly impossible to endure - can be swallowed up in the light which Christ offers us. We just have to take his hand and he will be there - every single time! Hold on to that hope, the trial of your faith will be but a small moment (for me it was the first day and night of endless tossing and turning) and because I endured it in faith God blessed me with more than I could ever imagine. It is this that brings tears to my eyes! HIS GOODNESS. I just have to praise him! God is so good.

 

 

 The Words to 'Be Thou My Vision'

The original words to the hymn date back as far as 6th Century Ireland, and to the prolific Irish writer Dallan Forgaill (c.530-598), with the original title 'Rop tú mo Baile' . It is said that such was his zealousness for writing poetry and studying that it led to his blindness. In his day, Forgaill reformed the Bardic Order, helping to preserve the Gaelic traditional literature and language.