Poetic Inspirations and Practical Applications for Blissful Living

Love from Above

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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© 2012 Caroline Gavin

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Divine Intersection: The Cross

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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© 2012 Caroline Gavin

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Truth

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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© 2012 Caroline Gavin  

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Comfort of Christ

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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© 2012 Caroline Gavin

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Forgiveness

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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 © 2012 Caroline Gavin

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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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© 2012 Caroline Gavin

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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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© 2012 Caroline Gavin

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More Fragrant than the Flower

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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© 2012 Caroline Gavin

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Each Day

Each Day More Like You, Lord

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Each day, each passing day

May I be closer ever still

Nearer to Your Heart, Lord

And more aligned with Your Will

 

Each hour, each passing hour

May I find myself with You

Loving You ever deeper

And embracing Your love true

 

Each moment, each minute

May I find myself in prayer

Living all my life for You

And bringing You every care

 

Each thought, my every thought

May it be of You and Your love

May all my thoughts please You

And be fixed on Heaven Above

 

Each word, my every word

May it speak joyfully about You

May my words spread the Gospel

Sharing only what is pure and true

 

Each beat, each heart beat

May it be in rhythm with Your song

May my heart be one with Yours

For with you, Lord, I do belong

 

Each step, every moving step

May it be along your holy Way

May the steps of my journey lead

Closer to You, yes, this I pray

 

Each prayer, every prayer

May it be ever more sweet

May it please Your precious ears

As my heart and Yours do meet

 

Each smile, my every smile

May it reflect Your love and joy

May my smiles uplift those around

Each man, woman, girl and boy

 

Yes, each day, each passing day

May I be closer ever still

Nearer to Your Heart, Lord

And more aligned with Your Will

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© 2012 Caroline Gavin

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True Love

True Love of the Lord

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True Love, flowing freely

Pouring to one and all

Such is the Love of the LORD

And to each heart He does call

 

Love, deep and infinite

Such is Love He does give

So in unspeakable joy and peace

His blood-bought children live

 

Love spanning the skies

Love reaching the depth of the sea

Love traversing mountains

Love embracing you and me

 

Our Lord loved each one

While sinners still were we

He died willingly for us

That born again we could be

 

Greater love has no man

Than to lay down his life for friends

The blameless Lamb did this for us

And His Love for us never ends

 

Yet do we embrace His Love?

His infinite graces do we receive?

Do we love our Lord in return?

In His Sacrifice do we believe?

 

May we never scorn His heart

May we never deny His Love

May we always embrace Jesus

The precious Gift sent from Above

 

And may we love Him ever more

May we love Him deeper each day

May we give all of ourselves to Him

For full love and surrender I pray

 

For to love the Lord deeply

Is to obey each of His commands

To love the Lord most truly

Is to surrender all into His Hands

 

So, brother and sister, let us love

Let our hearts love deep and wide

Let us give our hearts to Jesus

Walking always by our Savior’s side

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© 2012 Caroline Gavin 

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