Purity's Pearl

Purity’s Pearl

God, my pearl I’ve given You,
Help my pearl stay pure and true.
Lord, that pearl keep tucked away
Untill You decide the perfect day.

Lord polish it and keep it well,
It’s our secret, I won’t tell.
Lord let it be the choicest jewel
As my heart falls beneath Your tools.

Let my heart become the chest,
And with Your grace may it be blest;
To produce a small and velvet case,
That will be my pearls special place.

With that jewel so tucked away,
My heart the chest where it will lay,
Lord I know, I understand,
I’ve put them both into Your hand.

And while I wait upon Your time,
I’ll polish that pearl most sublime,
And You, I know, will search the land,
For a godly, Christian man.

Who You will deem worthy for my pearl,
Because he too has kept his pearl.
Then with a smile You’ll give him my heart,
And gladly I and it shall part.

Then both our pearls upon silk thread,
Will be placed over our child’s head.
But joyous though that day would be,
Perhaps that’s not Your will for me.

You’d rather keep my pearl enclosed
In the petals of loves un-bloomed rose.
You’d rather take my hand in thine,
And have me know I’m wholly thine.

My pearl You’ll set within a ring
For me to wear for You my King!
Your love the only I will know,
Your way the only I will go.

You’d rather my heart be kept in Your hand,
And Lord I know, I understand!
So whatever Your will, let it be done.
I will follow whichever one.

If You should choose a partner for me,
I’ll not struggle with uncertainty.
And if You alone will keep my heart,
From that way I won’t pine to depart.

Whichever way You choose to give,
For You my God, I’ll joyfully live.
So here’s the pearl within my heart,
I’ll wait on You to keep or part

The love that rests inside of me
To give to one, or keep with Thee.
So without more words or further ado,
Until You say differently, my heart’s with You.
                               
                                       - A. L.