In these opening words from a prayer found in The Valley of Vision, we read the heart longings of someone who recognises his need for constant change:

“Plough deep in me, great Lord, heavenly husbandman,

that my being may be a tilled field,

the roots of grace spreading far and wide, until thou alone art seen in me,

thy beauty golden like summer harvest,

they fruitfulness as autumn plenty

-The valley of vision