1 Good shepherd of my soul,
come dwell within me;
Take all I am and mould
Your likeness in me
Before the cross of Christ,
This is my sacrifice:
A life laid down and ready to follow.
2 The troubled find their peace
in true surrender;
The prisoners their release
from chains of anger
In springs of living grace,
I find a resting pace
to rise refreshed, determined to follow.
3 I'll walk this narrow road
with Christ before me,
where thorns and thistles grow
and cords ensnare me.
Though doubted and denied,
He never leaves my side,
but lifts my head and calls me to follow.
4 And when my days are gone,
my strength is failing.
He'll carry me along
through death's unveiling.
Earth's struggles overcome,
Heaven's journey just begun--
to search Christ's depths and ever to follow.
