I burn for you

Songs from the Fiery Furnace

"By Madeline L’Engle

Mostly I burn.
The flames change not to dew.
To ashes turn
All who lose sight of you

O holy three
Who danced amidst the fire
Come unto me:
The furnace blazes higher.


Flames purify.
Self’s idol do not mourn
For it must die
That I to love be born.


Fire can’t devour
The holy children’s mirth
That turns this hour
From death to radiant birth


O burning Son
Fiercer than furnace flame,
O purifying One,
Come, burn me with they Name.


So, dead to sin,
Alive only in thee
My life begin
Now in eternity.