I am one with you, oh Vine of Life And cannot live apart and thrive I am connected so intimately to you That I cease without the love you give So dependent upon you for all, am I That I cannot separate from you and live
I receive all real life-force itself from you And cannot thrive separate and alone My whole being is nurtured solely by you It cannot grow a moment on its own I am whole only when joined with you For there is no life apart, you have shown
For if I ever separate myself from you I deny myself of life itself from the start Whenever I cut myself off from you The flow of your love leaves my heart And if my attachment loosens from you I begin to fade and cannot live apart
When I am no longer nurtured by you My life and soul will cease to grow And if I try to live without you I cannot thrive without grace’s flow Ceasing then to even have life’s reason And my life-breath itself becomes a woe
If ever I became a broken branch lying apart Without a life-giving grace from your vine I’d have no source for life and no heart No origin nor destination nor lifetime And my heart would lie dying without hope Never sustaining what I thought was mine
For Dear Jesus you and you alone Are the Vine of Life, and I am your branch From you I draw all life-giving love All grace and strength and all life-breath For without you I have and am nothing Yet with the loving sustenance of your grace From you, through my being, your love force flows And I can grow closer, whole, and true Praying that I may bear the fruit of your love Which is life eternal, in communion with you