Diane Tuiofu Music
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Composer, Arranger, Pianist
A Vessel of Light
"A Vessel of Light" bids us to keep our lamps full, as the five wise virgins did, in Jesus' parable of the Ten Virgins. Keeping oil in our lamps is symbolic for living faithfully, praying always, walking the covenant path of Christ, and preparing ourselves in all things to be ready when He comes again. "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John 8:12).
Award of Special Recognition
2007 LDS Church Music Submission Competition
Lyrics
Text: Toni Thomas Music: Diane Tuiofu
Verse one
When my lamp burns low;
And faith is dim;
When the once steady glow
Is uncertain;
I know I must attend
My failing store;
To trim my lamp and fill its lack
I come before the Lord.
Chorus
Fill my lamp I pray with thy precious oil;
When shadows dismay, Lord, light up my soul;
Through the night may I abide
A vessel of thy light.
Fill my lamp each day, and with delight
I will walk in Thy path with Thy perfect light.
Oh Lord, fill my lamp today. I pray.
Verse two
Now my lamp is full;
Its flame is pure;
Not a flicker of doubt can endure.
Yet as I hurry through this dark’ning world,
How quickly burns my reservoir!
And I return to the Lord.
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
In Gethsemane
Where the olives grow,
With the weight of our sins
A heavy stone,
Crushed and broken, Jesus tread
That awful press alone,
That my vessel might be full and whole,
Ever brimming with oil.
Repeat Chorus
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