Grant Me Love

If temperance be my virtue

I will think before I speak

If justice be my virtue

I will defend the weak

If fortitude be my virtue

I resolve to see things through

If prudence be my virtue

I will live by what is true

If faith be my virtue

I will trust the God of love

If hope be my virtue

I will lift my eyes above

But grant me one more virtue

To remain when others fade

Grant me love above all else

For none other I would trade

If love should by my virtue

I will see as Jesus sees

Compassion, peace, and mercy

Will flow freely out of me

If love should be my virtue

I will live as Jesus lived

By sacrifice and servanthood

With the grace to forgive

Author: Melody Farrell

Melody Farrell is the co-founder and acquisitions editor of Lost Poet Press. She also serves as co-pastor of Element Church Tampa and operations manager of Echo Media Group. She is associate director of Circle A Ranch, a program which teaches teenagers principles of leadership. She serves on the board of Grow Into You Foundation, a non-profit that provides coaching, mentoring, and housing for teens aging out of the foster care system. She is a wife, podcaster, musician, and mother of two from Sarasota, Florida.