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Singing an Old Song

At small group last night someone shared an old hymn that she used to sing in her childhood. I didn't recognize the song, but found myself singing old hymns from my childhood as I got ready for work this morning, and the beauty of the words to this song washed over me. It's a hymn we often sang during communion...

TAKE OUR BREAD
A TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN HYMN

Refrain:
Take our bread, we ask you,
Take our hearts, we love you,
Take our lives, oh Father,
We are yours, we are yours.

Yours as we stand at the table you set,
Yours as we eat the bread our hearts can't forget.
We are the signs of your life with us yet;
We are yours, we are yours.

Refrain:
Take our bread, we ask you,
Take our hearts, we love you,
Take our lives, oh Father,
We are yours, we are yours.

Your holy people standing washed in your blood,
Spirit-filled, yet hungry, we await your food.
Poor though we are, we have brought
Ourselves to you:
We are yours, we are yours.

Refrain:
Take our bread, we ask you,
Take our hearts, we love you,
Take our lives, oh Father,
We are yours, we are yours.

Words by Joseph Wise