If giving from the heart
can bring us so much joy,
think how great God's bliss must be,
Who gave to us His Son beloved,
a Son who joy'd to serve His Father,
and gave His all to set men free.
Lived to serve?! The King of Kings? !
God's gift the highest?
Who, if we only had Him here
would gladly bow down to and serve,
and count ourselves blessed?
Yes, Christ lived to give -
"I am among you as he that serveth"
our blessed Master says in Luke.
O Giver of so much good to us,
we would show our thanks
by serving others, as Jesus did --
by offering ourselves to Thy holy work,
in any way that You may choose.
