set apart
Way down deep in my heart,
I hear it softly cry to be set apart.
Away from the trends,
Even away from friends.
In a secluded place of prayer;
With only the Father and Jesus there.
Shutting the door to the ways of sinful pleasure;
I only long for holy presence; my one true treasure.
I long to stay before Him, as close as I can be;
It's His face, continually I yearn to see.
Heaven won't come soon enough;
To get me out of this world stuff.
I want to be set apart;
Persecuted, tried, with a true heart;
Lifting holy hands to present the Father and the Son;
Knowing one day, one day soon, this race will be run!
Joy Marie Parker