Oh, How I Want a Change of Heart

Oh, how I want a change of heart
And, to give up my character flaws
I know now is the best time to start
As my past still threatens with claws

To all outward appearances I've changed
But, I don't like how I react and cope
Although with my past I've estranged
I still carry around a long rope

And, tied to the rope, I'll admit
Is worry and fretful living
And Oh how I wish that would quit
So, more from my heart I'd be giving

For I'll not avoid those who have needs
Out of fear that I will enable
To be like the Savior, one feeds
Compassion does not disable

For we all are in need of fellowship
There Christ dwells more in our hearts
As we enhance our membership
And, together the spirit imparts

I've help to put off the natural man
And become a Saint through the atonement
With the Lord's help, I know who I am
And, with a new heart, I've contentment

D&C 50:40-42
40 Behold, ye are little children and ye cannot bear all things now; ye must grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth.
41 Fear not, little children, for you are mine, and I have overcome the world, and you are of them that my Father hath given me;
42 And none of them that my Father hath given me shall be lost.