Beneath the cross of Jesus....

Beneath the cross of Jesus I long to take my stand:

the shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land,

a home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,

from the burning of the noon-tide heat and the burden of the day.

Upon that cross of Jesus my eyes at times can see

the very dying form of one who suffered there for me;

and from my smitten heart, with tears, two wonders I confess -

the wonders of his glorious love and my unworthiness.

I take, O cross, your shadow for my abiding place,

I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of his face,

content to let the world go by, to know no gain nor loss,

my sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.

-Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1830-1869

A hymn that pretty much sums up my life......