Born Again

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Lest a man be born again

The Kingdom of God he will not see

Such a glorious Truth to know

Yes, such a wondrous mystery

But what is this second birth?

A mother does not carry a child twice

How can we heed Christ’s words?

How can we follow sacred advice?

The birth of which our Lord speaks

Is not of the flesh and blood we know

It is a birth of the spirit from Spirit

Following then wherever the Spirit does go

Sweet is this second birth

Blessed are those who in Spirit live

These taste the bliss of eternity

These savor the grace God does give

For God so loved the world

That He sent His only begotten Son

Whosoever places His faith in Christ

Knows salvation through the Holy One

In surrendering one’s self to Christ

In giving Him everything and all

One finds Life and victory sweet

Following ever his dear Master’s call

For to enjoy the resurrection of Christ

First one must with Him also die

A death of denying the desires of flesh

In order to spiritual heights then fly

Rejoice then in this second birth

Celebrate the Spirit Who now lives in you

Praise God for the Gift of eternal life

Thank Him for His love enduring and true

How glorious it is to live this Life

I count all lost in previous life as naught

I long to live always fully in the Spirit

For Christ’s blood my redemption bought

Let us tell one and all of this story

Let us tell everyone about spiritual birth

No sweeter story is there to share

Than Christ dying to save all on earth

So may we embrace Christ each passing day

And fan the flame of the Spirit in the heart

May we lift our prayer and praise to God

Who loved each and all of us from the start

For so very sweet is this second birth

Blessed are we who in Spirit live

We taste each day the bliss of eternity

Yes, we savor the grace God does give

Praise the Lord we have been born again

The Kingdom of God each one of us shall see

Such a glorious Truth to experience and know

Yes, such a wondrous and glorious mystery

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Jan 20, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 9 Comments

Wondrous Wedding

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A wondrous Wedding

We do eagerly await

Christ marrying His Church

In the Marriage great

For the Church is His Body

And the Church is His Bride

The Church is His Beloved

To remain forever at His side

Two shall become One

As with woman and man

The mystery of marriage

Designed in God’s plan

Let us dress ourselves white

In purity, humility and love

Let us cloak ourselves radiantly

Awaiting the Son Spouse above

For the marriage we see

Between wife and husband

Foreshadows that to come

In the sweet Promised Land

What a tremendous truth

What a beautiful vision

Let us rejoice all the more

In our Lord’s sacred Mission

For we are His Beloved

His Chosen Wife are we

Let us lift our hearts to God

Let us sing joyously

For the Wedding is near

We will see Him eye to eye

We will then be perfected

Our bodies He will glorify

The corruption of the flesh

Replaced by eternal glory

Living forever with our Lord

Yes, this is our Wedding story

Praise God, my heart

Sing of Christ, my voice

I am my Lord’s beloved

Of this I do rejoice

Until that Wedding Day

I abide in my Savior sweet

Faithful to Him since the day

He and I did meet

And a wondrous Wedding

I do so eagerly await

Christ marrying His Church

In the Marriage great

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How do you prepare for the Wondrous Wedding?

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Jan 18, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 6 Comments

Love from Above

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What is love?

This word we often hear?

Has its meaning been diluted,

Made cryptic and unclear?

Is it a feeling,

A warmth in the heart?

Is it a spark from which

A romance does start?

Or is love much more,

Does it transcend all these?

Is it sublime and sacred,

Bringing us to our knees?

Sublime, spiritual, sacred

Yes, love is all three

For God Himself is love

Love is the Trinity

Love is patient and kind

Selfless and humble too

Love pours of one’s self

And aligns with all True

Look at Christ closely

And know love complete

He accepted the Cross

Pierced hands and feet

Love is giving one’s all

Pouring of self for another

Great must our love be

For our Father, sister, brother

Yet to give of one’s self

Does not empty the soul

For God fills those who love

With His love perfect and whole

Rejoice then, dear Christian

Praise your Father Above

Feelings are fleeting

But perfect and eternal is love

When all passes away

When this earth is no more

Faith, hope and love remain

And love the greatest to endure

Dear Father, fill our hearts

Make them with love overflow

Let us share this love with all

That You all may know

And love You more deeply

I will each passing day

To be more like Christ

This I earnestly pray

May I see and know love

May love I show and live

May love be my fragrance

The sweet aroma I give

And I will express love

This word we often hear

I will proclaim Truth

That love is evident and clear

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Jan 16, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 6 Comments

Divine Intersection: The Cross

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The Cross of Christ

Intersection of death with Life

Overlap of justice and mercy

Union of joy with strife

The Cross of Crucifixion

Beams vertical and horizontal meet

Divine mercy flowing downward

Scales of justice balancing sweet

The Cross of our Lord

Altar of Sacrifice lifted high

That all looking to Jesus Christ

May to the Father be nigh

The Cross of Calvary

An expression of highest Love

God dying for His creation

That man may be with Him above

The Cross of Jesus

Heavy, yet it He did embrace

Suffering condemnation and cruelty

To save from sin the human race

The Cross of Golgotha

Water and blood from Christ did flow

That all cleansed by His Sacrifice

Would divine love and mercy know

The cross of my life

Small when to my Lord’s I compare

Sweet to share His suffering

With me eternal riches He does share

The cross, the divine intersection

May we embrace with grateful heart

For in the moment we accept it

Flow of God’s graces do then start

The Cross of Christ

May it convict the heart and mind

For in repentance and transformation

Divine joy and peace we find

The Cross of my Lord

May it remind me continually

Of the unending, undying love

That my Savior has for me

Behold the Cross of Calvary

Expressing my Lord’s Love

He died for me, His daughter

That I may be with Him above

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Jan 14, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 20 Comments

Truth

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Let me always walk in Truth

Teach me, Lord, Your Way

The sum of Your Word is Truth

Guiding my journey each day

The world deceived sees truth

Relative to the opinions of each

Yet You prove that Truth is absolute

Its perfection to me You teach

Truth is constant, unchanging

It shifts not when the wind does blow

Truth is pure, righteous, eternal

Hearts transform when Truth they know

Christ Himself is the Truth

His Life embodied the Eternal Word

He lives in those who live in Truth

Those practicing what they heard

He brought His beloved children forth

By Truth in His perfect divine Will

That we may be born again in Spirit

And that all our needs He would fill

Though the Law came through Moses

Through Christ came Truth and Grace

His Message spreads across the world

A Gospel of salvation for the human race

Dear Lord, sanctify me in the Truth

Purify me in the Word You speak

May I grow ever more kind and loving

Ever more courageous, joyful and meek

For sweet is Your Word, my Father

Precious the Word that You give

Powerful in changing hearts and minds

That every soul may eternally live

I lift my heart to you, Eternal One

I sing my Father’s praises all day long

How I love Him for leading me in Truth

So I share with all this glorious song

Seek the Truth, embrace its Beauty

Let it fill your heart, transform your mind

Eternal, Pure, Just, Loving and Living

So treasured is Truth when it we find

So may we walk always in Truth

May our Lord teach us His Way

For the sum of His Word is Truth

Guiding our journeys each day

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Jan 13, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 17 Comments

Comfort of Christ

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Cherished is the comfort

That I know in my Lord

He embraces me with love

Strengthens me in His Word

The fierce storms may come

The winds may blow with rage

Yet my dear Lord comforts me

All my fears He does assuage

Sweet is this divine comfort

Blissful to know it full well

So of this precious Gift

My lips cannot help but tell

For darkness does come

In this world we now live

Yet our Father in Heaven

To us Light does give

For when we embrace Truth

We embrace God’s comfort too

When we make Christ Lord

We find peace we never knew

Christ knows how we feel

He suffered more than do we

He became a man like us

Suffering pain to set us free

Amazing that our God

Is not one aloof and afar

Truly He knows our pain

For He became as we are

We find in the Almighty

Compassion infinitely deep

We can cry on His shoulder

On His lap we can weep

And wipe from our eyes

He will each and every tear

He comforts with eternal love

Perfect love which casts out fear

Great comfort we find then

Through each and every trial

Each challenge we embrace

Rejoicing all the while

For even the challenges

Our Lord does make sweet

It is in the trials of life

That cross and crown do meet

With the comfort we receive

Let us then comfort one another

May we rejoice in our Father

As we console sister and brother

And praise our God on High

For this comfort we receive

How precious this gift to know

For all who in Christ believe

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Jan 12, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 12 Comments

Forgiveness

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Sweet is forgiveness

When given from the heart

From here true freedom

Does at once start

Bitterness and resentment

Only injure and harm

Un-forgiveness keeps us

From God’s comforting arm

Yet to forgive another

Is to release ponderous chains

It is to leave a prison

Where cold darkness remains

For as the heart forgives

The soul finds warming light

Sweet Son-shine embraces

As one leaves shadows of night

My sister and brother

Dear Christian, dear friend

Let our forgiveness have no limit

Let our mercy have no end

Greatly we have been forgiven

By our glorious Father on high

No sin against us can match

Our sins for which Christ did die

In response to this divine love

In response to this mercy sweet

How can we not but offer to others

Forgiveness pure, full and complete?

Let us then forgive freely

All who may hurt and offend

Let us love generously all:

Neighbor, stranger and friend

For then we will know God

Ever more intimately and true

Then we shall experience love

In ways we once never knew

For the heart of our Father

Is mercy, forgiveness and love

Let us then be beautifully perfect

As is our Heavenly Father above

Yes, so sweet is forgiveness

When given from the heart

Sweet like the love of Jesus

From Whom I pray I never part

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Jan 11, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 13 Comments

The Names of the LORD

Names of the Lord

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Lord, I commit my all to you

Each passing day and night

I long to walk upon your Way

Always in your perfect Light

For to be one with you, Lord

Is to be one with joy and peace

Indeed to walk with you, Lord

Is to each and every fear release

Your perfect love casts out fear

It brings peace and comfort divine

You bring nourishment to Life

In Your spiritual Bread and Wine

For You are the Bread of Life

You sustain the heart and soul

Your blood is the precious Wine

Cleansing us to make us whole

You are the Way, Truth and Life

No other pathways to God lead

You allow us kinship with the Father

While You fill richly our every need

Such a joy I have found in You, Lord

I cannot stop my heart from singing

I raise my arms in praise to you, God

For Love and Peace You keep bringing

Oh, that each soul would know You

That each person would Your Love feel

May each heart soften to Your Word

Ever true, ever powerful, ever real

For to know closely the Son of God

Is to know intimately the Father Above

To be one with the Word made Flesh

Is to unite with eternal Peace and Love

So many Names you have, Lord

So many roles You gloriously play

Truth, Word, Bread, Wine, Love

King, Lamb, God, Life and Way

Yet on me You have set Your sights

And upon all the children You adore

May we grow to know You deeper, Lord

May we love you each day all the more

May we spread your Message to all

The Gospel of Peace may we share

That all may rest in Your divine peace

That all may know Your loving care

May I lose myself entirely in You

For in losing ourselves we find true Life

To think that You are our Bridegroom

And Your Church your radiant Wife

To think of these truths, Lord

Truly amazes and overwhelms my mind

How humbling that You love me so

No sweeter truth I will ever find

So I commit my all to you, Lord

Each passing day and night

I will walk with You upon Your Way

Abiding always in your perfect Light

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How do you call on the Names of the Lord?

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Jan 10, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 2 Comments

Light of the LORD

Light of the Lord Jesus

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Sunlight streaming

Brilliant and warm

Dancing through trees

While shadows do form

Light and shadow

Darkness and day

Both contrast and divide

In a powerful way

For God is Light

He is radiant and pure

In His brilliant Truth

We can walk secure

In His Light may we be

In His Truth remain

In the warmth of Love

Living never in vain

Let the Son Light warm

Let it pour in your heart

Let its brilliance embrace

That from God you never part

You may walk in valleys

Of shadows of death

You will fear no evil

For Light sustains breath

As shadows are nothing

Forms without light

Shapes without substance

Dark as the night

Fear not then the shadows

Cower not in the trial

Cringe not in the darkness

Light remains all the while

For if Christ is within you

Light lives in your soul

It brings you Life eternal

It uplifts and makes whole

Celebrate then, Christian

Rejoice in the glorious Light

As the sun rises in the east

Praise God for the sight

See His Message in the beams

See His Word in the sunrays

See His Gospel in the sun

As its light speaks of His Ways

And let the Son Light warm

Let it pour in your heart

Let its brilliance embrace

That from God you never part

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How has the Light of the Lord Jesus brightened – and changed – your life?

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Jan 7, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 26 Comments

More Fragrant than the Flower

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Sweeter than honey

More fragrant than the flower

Such is to know the Lord

To experience His love and power

Finer than jewels

More precious than gold

Such is to commune with God

To discover His treasures untold

Stronger than mountains

More powerful than the storm

Such is to embrace the Spirit

Who our minds does transform

Brighter than the sun

More brilliant than its rays

Such is to follow the Savior

All our lives, all our days

Greater than emperors

More mighty than kings

Such is our God, our Father

Who through Christ made all things

Purer than the lily

More beautiful than the rose

Such is the heart of the Lord

For Whom my love ever grows

Sweeter, stronger, greater

Finer, brighter and more pure

Such is the Savior who died for me

Whose love does eternally endure

More beautiful, more brilliant

May my heart, then, ever be

When others looks in my eyes

May it be my Lord they see

For sweeter than honey

And more fragrant than the flower

Such is to know You, Lord,

To experience Your love and power

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What do you see, feel and hear in the Lord Jesus?

To what do you compare His love?

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Jan 6, 2012 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 8 Comments

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