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My Roving Heart
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Jul 24, 2026 updated
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All Sons and Daughters perform "My Roving Heart," a song about turning away from worldly pleasures and fixing one's heart on Jesus. The lyrics describe how grace frees a person from pursuing earthly trifles, and how encountering Christ makes former joys fade. The singer declares that God's name, love, and voice have captured their once-wandering heart, leading to a commitment to live solely for Him. The song reflects themes of surrender, devotion, and the transformative power of God's love, echoing the biblical idea that knowing Christ reorients all desires.
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Let worldly minds the world pursue
It has no charms for me
Once I admired it's trifles, too
But grace has set me free
It's pleasure now no longer please
No more content afford
Far from my heart be the joys like these
Now I have seen the Lord
As by the light of opening day
The stars are all concealed
So earthly pleasures fade away
When Jesus is revealed
Creatures no more divide my choice;
I bid them all depart
His name, His love, His gracious voice
Have fixed my roving heart
Now Lord I will be Thine alone
And wholly live to Thee
But I may hope that Your will own
A worthless soul like me
Yes tho of sinners I am the worst
I cannot doubt thy will
For if Thou had not loved me first
I had refused thee still
Creatures no more divide my choice;
I bid them all depart
His name, His love, His gracious voice
Have fixed my roving heart