I Die Of Self Poem by Gert Strydom

I die of self, are of my own wiles free,
free from my own iniquity
while humbly I ask
my God to live in me

Since I am living estranged from what I have been
changes have been made unseen
by Him that dwell in my heart,
and for His service, for His love I am keen

and day-by-day I am crucified,
while I am struggling like Him that died,
am struggling against the darkness of my own will
but while He lives in me, to Him I am tied,

while death of self and life together go
it’s only His will that I know
and happiness fills my mind and soul
and I wish it to be forever so.

[Reference: “I Die because I Do Not Die” by Teresa of Avila.]