I Want To Be Strong

Refrain:

I want to be strong, to be strong as the land around me.

I want  a heart that is wide as the sky.

I want a spirit like a moving mountain stream.

I want to look people straight in the eye.

1. Walk all alone beneath a canopy of cloud, 

Feeling like a stranger in the midst of a crowd,

I know that something great is calling me aloud.

I know that I must choose. Refrain:

2. Living in a world of misery and strife,

Longing for the bliss in the midst of one's life,

A loving, smiling face will be able to inspire underneath the boundless sky. Refrain:

I Thank My God

Refrain:

I thank my God each time I think of you.

And when I pray for you, I pray with joy.

1. Now there is one thing I am sure of,
He who began his work in you
Will see that it is truly finished,
When the day of Jesus comes. Refrain.

2. That I should feel like this towards you
Seems only natural to me.
For you have shared with me my labors,
The gospel privilege with me.

3. Since you have borne with me my burdens,
I now bear you within my heart
And God alone knows how I miss you.
I love you just as Christ loves me. Refrain.

4. I pray your knowledge will be deepened,
Your love be mutual and strong.
Then you will reach the perfect goodness. 

Then to the Lord you will belong. Refrain.

Padre Diego Cabrera Rojas