Power of Pain

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A power to pain

Our LORD does give

Graciously to help

This life we live

In a fallen world

Of suffering great

Glory our pain

Can yet create

For God transforms

The cross to the crown

And uplifts the hearts

That are cast down

We see then value

In tears we do sow

To reap eternal joy

Beyond all we know

Seek pain, no, but

Embrace when it is near

For God doles it lovingly

Yes, this is clear

He knows what it is best

For our ultimate good

He knows how to mold

As we never would

Comforting it is then

To know that pain

Will yield sweet flowers

After the falling rain

So rejoice in all things

Even in trial

Trust in God’s love

Sing and smile

Eternal and precious

Treasures do await

Beyond the pearly doors

Of Heaven’s Gate

And dishearten not

When pain you find

Brief it is and soon

To be left behind

Fix your eyes instead

On the crown in store

Focus on Heaven

Each day more

For a power to pain

Our LORD does give

Graciously to help

This life we live

~*~

How have you experienced the power of pain in your life?

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Nov 18, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 12 Comments

Glimpses of Heaven

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Thank you, dear LORD,
For glimpses of Heaven you give
Those moments we connect
With future eternal bliss to live

A preview we see in
Towering snow-capped mountains
In foliage and flowers
In rushing waterfalls and fountains

And we hear Heaven’s voice
In the sweet notes of a soprano
Vibrating with our souls
An experience of our tomorrow

Images of angels and glory
Rush to the mind
Immersed in endless love and joy
As we will one day find

The fragrance of flowers too
Conjure a sense of Elysium
Hinting of fields of glory
In Your Kingdom to come

Even the feel of soft silk
And the taste of delicacy
Heighten our awareness
Of the Beauty that will be

So many whispers
Of the World that does await
So many signs of Heaven
For us to contemplate

Let us savor those moments
Sweetly speaking of You
And praise You for Promises
Of our eternal Home true

These moments remind us
Of the life yet to unfold
One of unceasing joy
Of love and ecstasy untold

Yes, thank you, dear LORD,
For glimpses of Heaven you give
Those moments we connect
With future eternal bliss to live

~*~

In what people, places and things do you see glimpses of Heaven?

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Nov 16, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 8 Comments

Prayer for Veterans

Prayer for Veterans

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A prayer solemn

We offer today;

It is for Veterans

We now pray.

Selfless, valiant,

Risking death gallantly:

Soldiers do all this

To ensure we are free.

So many have died

There on the battleground;

No music then to comfort,

Simply gun blasts all around.

So many names and faces

That I will never know,

So many stories of bravery

In warring winds did blow.

Grateful am I to these

Men and Women brave,

To think of all they did,

All they risked, all they gave.

Extend this heartfelt prayer

I will, to reach their ears;

How treasured they are to me,

Marching onward despite fears.

And those who have passed,

May God bless them lavishly –

These very ones who died

So that we would live free.

In the stories of Veterans

We see a shadow of the Cross:

Christ died to set us free,

Our gain was through His loss.

Gratefully we praise these heroes

Often silent and unknown,

And we remember Christ’s blood

From which eternal life has grown.

~*~

How do you honor our Veterans? What is your prayer?

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~*~

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Nov 12, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 4 Comments

Priceless and Precious Love

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Priceless is the Love of God

Finer than silver and gold

His Love stretches long, wide

And eternally from days of old

How blessed we are, you and me

To receive this precious Love divine

With thanksgiving may we sing

And with radiant peace may we shine

Wealth and health come and go

They make us neither safe nor secure

Yet of God’s unchanging Love

We can remain forever sure

What do you feel in this Love?

What story does its song share?

God’s Love whispers of eternity

Of boundless grace beyond compare

His Love heals body and spirit

It binds even the broken heart

It comforts, transforms, uplifts

Yes, all from the very start

So let’s sing a song of Love

For God is Love True

Let’s sing of Love Eternal

Love lavished upon me and you

And let’s tell a story of God

Of His Love precious and sublime

Let’s share a message of Love

Stretching beyond the end of time

For priceless is the Love of God

Finer than silver and gold

His Love stretches long, wide

And eternally from days of old

~*~

How do you experience – and share – God’s love?

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Nov 7, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 5 Comments

Sower of Sacred Seeds

Fertile may the soil

Of my heart always be

So thriving plants grow

For the world to see

For the Sower spreads

Seed of His Word among all

May the seeds take root

Growing strong and tall

May not rocky soil

Lacking in moisture kill

The seed of the Gospel

God’s Promises and Good Will

Nor may piercing thorns

Of life, worries and wealth

Choke the plants of God

Hurting growth and health

But let us tend to the soil

The nature of the heart

So the seeds may flourish

From the very start

We aerate with love

And till it with care

For beautiful are Godly fruit

Beyond any to compare

When we tend to the heart

And nurture that which grows

The spiritual plants will thrive

Whatever direction wind blows

So may the soil of my heart

Fertile and nourishing ever be

Yielding a harvest for God

The Sower, the King of Glory

~*~

How do you help the Lord sow His sacred seeds? How do you keep the soil of your heart fertile?

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Nov 2, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 2 Comments

Wintry Winds, Wondrous Word

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The wintry winds arrive

With forces swift and cold

The winds speak of cycles

Of patterns dating to old

Spring, summer, soft and sweet

Have now come and passed

The season of endings has

Arrived here at last

Burying the earth in white

Nipping life with the freeze

What can we hear in her voice

The sound of the winter breeze?

For although the cold does brace

And the frost does sting

What is it in the winter

That makes the heart sing?

Sovereignty of God

In the patterns He does create

The cycles of spring to winter

Do never one year abate

And the world covered

With blankets deep and white

A picture of perfect purity

They do make for the sight

So in this season

Which buries grasses and flowers

God’s wondrous Word touches us

In dancing flakes of snow showers

Just as Life came in Christ’s death

And new birth from burial deep

God whispers in the winter winds

Of precious Promises He does keep

So when the winter winds

Arrive and fiercely blow

We see promises of new life

In dancing wind drifts of snow

For God transforms the cold

And, to the dead, life He brings

So let us sing in the winter winds

Of Jesus Christ, the King of Kings

~*~

How do you see God’s wondrous Word in the winter winds – or in the winds of any season?

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Oct 30, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 12 Comments

Vine of Love Divine

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In His Word

Let us abide

In His Heart

And by His side

For we are branches

And He the Vine

He nourishes your heart

And also mine

Apart from Our Lord

Nothing we can do

Yet with Him we find

Life we never knew

In this Vine of Eternity

From its roots of Love

Bloom peace and joy

Planted from Above

So let us remain in Christ

Growing ever strong

For it is in His strength

That we belong

And from His strength

In this Vine of Life

Let us bear sweet fruit

In both peace and strife

Our beautiful fruit

These miracles which grow

Of God’s power in us

To all do show

That we glorify the Gardener

By bearing fruit sweet

And remain in the Vine

Where Truth and Love do meet

~*~

How do you actively remain in the Vine of Love Divine?

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Oct 27, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 7 Comments

Song of Celebration

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The song of a bird

The clapping of streams

The waving of leaves

The dance of sunbeams

Glorifying God

Each one, they do

Singing songs of praise

Of His Love ever true

But what dance do I make?

And what song do I sing?

Praise for my God

Does my song always bring?

Like the singing sparrow

And the flowing water

May my rhythm be of God’s

As His grace-bought daughter

For the birds and the sun

And the streams and the trees

Exude God’s Divine Nature

And so Him they do please

Lord, may my life

Sing sweetly to you

May it echo Your love

And the life you renew

Holy and humble

Kind and full of love

Let me reflect the Light

Of my Father Above

For then I’ll sing with birds

And dance with leaves

Such is the life celebration

For each child who believes

~*~

In what ways do you “sing” your own song of celebration?

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Oct 24, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 22 Comments

Alpha and Omega

Alpha and Omega

Beginning and End

Such is the Maker

My Master, My Friend

Timeless and endless

In all and through

Creator of atoms

And of galaxies too

Before mountain, before sky

Before earth, before light

Before lake, before tree

Before day, before night

Such is the Great I AM

Before and after every thing

Such is He, yes,

And why my heart does sing

Incredible to know

That eternally I shall live

Tremendous is His grace

Such an immense gift to give

Let us rejoice

Always rejoice we will

And when we see His Face

We will rejoice always still

~*~

He is the First and Last, the Alpha and Omega; how do you celebrate His infinite love?

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Oct 20, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, God's Character, Inspiration, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 8 Comments

Living Waterfall

Revived by Living Water

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The rushing of a waterfall

The trickling of a stream

Power to inspire and soothe

Have both, it does seem

Why this connection

Between water and heart?

How can I explain this?

Where can one start?

Transparent and pure

Water has power to cleanse

We see also this power

Through a Biblical lens

Waters baptize and renew

Washing signifies a new start

No wonder this sweet tie

Between water and the heart

The sight of a waterfall

The sound of its rushing flow

Wash over us divine comfort

Peace and inspiration grow

The movement of waters

Keeps them pure and clean

Felt, as they flow into the heart

Not simply heard and seen

For God seems to speak

In the waters created by His Hand

He says “Drink of my Living Water,

Enter now the Promised Land”

For the Living Water of Christ

Quenches always the thirst

It brings to us life eternal

Beginning and end, forever and first

This connection then is sacred

Between water and the heart

God is ever intentional

In the creation of His Art

So let the waters rush and flow

Let the streams meander and wind

Let us wash our hearts from sin

Renewing the spirit and the mind

And we embrace the Living Water

The Gift that Jesus longs to give all

We celebrate the blessing of eternal life

As we stand in awe of His Waterfall

~*~

How do celebrate the eternal life found in Christ’s Living Water?

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Oct 17, 2011 By Caroline Gavin Christian Poetry, Divine Comfort, God's Character, Holistic Healing, Inspiration, Nature, Praise, Spiritual Growth, Thanksgiving 13 Comments

Power of Pain

Power of Pain

Glimpses of Heaven

Glimpses of Heaven

Prayer for Veterans

Prayer for Veterans

Priceless and Precious Love

Priceless and Precious Love

Sower of Sacred Seeds

Sower of Sacred Seeds

Wintry Winds, Wondrous Word

Wintry Winds, Wondrous Word

Vine of Love Divine

Vine of Love Divine

Song of Celebration

Song of Celebration

Alpha and Omega

Alpha and Omega

Living Waterfall

Revived by Living Water

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