Poetic Inspirations and Practical Applications for Blissful Living

Wherever You Go, Lord

 

Wherever You Go, Lord  

~*~

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Wherever You go, Lord 

Grant that I may go too

For my greatest desire

Is to be always with You

 

If You travel the mountains

Let me climb them by your side

If You sail seas and oceans

Let me remain through each tide

 

If into the heavens You fly

Lord, may I reach this great height

If into the dark valleys You go

Lord, remain always in my sight

 

Through joy and through tears

Through darkness and light

Grant that I may be with You

Through each day and each night

 

For who knows me like You do?

Who loves me with a love so sweet?

Who gives everything to me

As You have since we did meet?

 

To the Love and Life You give

Nothing will ever compare

So my every moment with You

Lord, I do long to share

 

The heights are much higher now

Bright even are the valleys low

Everything You make new and lovely

Your strength in our weakness does show

 

So my heart is one with Yours

I abide in You, and You in me

Transformed I am inside and out

A new woman You made me to be

 

Glorious it is to be Your daughter

Sweet to be one whom You love

You share with me every moment now

Just as You will when I live Above

 

Rejoice in Your Name I will always

Sing to you sweet songs of praise

How can I contain my joy for Jesus?

His love continually does amaze

 

So wherever You go, dear Lord

Please grant that I may go too

For my greatest desire is

To be always with You

~*~

© 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
~*~

© 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

 ~*~

© 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

~*~

© 2012 Caroline Gavin

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Power of Pain

 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

 ~*~

© COPYRIGHT 2011 Caroline Gavin 

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Wintry Winds, Wondrous Word

 

 

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

 ~*~

© COPYRIGHT 2011 Caroline Gavin

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My Lord, My Shepherd

My Lord, My Shepherd

 

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How can our hearts be troubled long

When we know in glory Our Lord does reign?

Nothing can separate us from His Love

No trial, no challenge, no pain

 

Jesus is my Joy and my Comfort

My cup indeed overflows

I sing of my Savior and His Love

Not of the trials nor of the woes

 

Praise the Lord, Praise His Glorious Name!

Praise Him who created mountain, lake and sea

Sing of His Good Will, Sing of His Love

Yes, I will do so gladly and joyfully

 

My soul bursts with joy when I contemplate

All that my Savior has done for me

How could He have? How would he have?

Died for such a one, a sinner only be?

 

Love teems in my heart for Him

Gratitude and joy abound

Yes, my hope is in my Lord

Grateful His salvation I have found!

 

Thank you, My Lord

For your love, for your grace so kind

Let us rejoice, let us be glad

That sin no longer does us bind

 

We are led by the Spirit

And showered by blessings from Above

Let us share the Good News with all

And sing hymns of His Everlasting Love!

~*~

© 2011 Caroline Gavin

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Symphony: The Life Song

The Life Song

 

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The movement of my life

A symphony does make

Adding verses to the song

From the time I awake

 

Following my Lord

The notes ring more sweet

My life song more lovely

Since my Lord I did meet

 

Even the solemn notes

Have a beautiful place

So that the trials I now

Can gratefully embrace

The pauses and rests

Are meaningful too

Distinguishing the notes

The pauses certainly do

 

Yes, rest lends beauty

To the symphony of life

As do the trials

And the periods of strife

 

To You, Lord, I devote

My life song each day

May my life song ring

With beauty, I pray

 

Enjoying the pauses

And the bitter notes too

For both sweeten a song

In ways I never knew

 

Today and every day

May our lives of Christ sing

Glory and Honor to God

May our songs always bring

~*~

© 2011 Caroline Gavin

What Symphony – what Life Song – do you sing?

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Son Light

The Son Light 

 

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At times the day may seem

Gray and dreary so

My heart seems to sag

And my energy runs low

 

Suddenly I realize

How foolish I’ve been

To allow the externals

To seep within

 

Change my focus

I must now do

Shift it to the Eternal

To the Beautiful and the True

 

Light then pours

Into my world so gray

Hope suddenly streams

Into a once dreary day

 

Focus on Christ

And on His Love so pure

Think always of Him

And peace will endure

 

Sun will fill the days

Yes, each and every one

When we choose to see Light

From God’s only begotten Son

 ~*~

© COPYRIGHT 2011 Caroline Gavin

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Life Lessons in Lost Keys

Life Lessons in Lost Keys

 

“Oh, no…where did my keys go?”  I think most of us have asked this question in a panic. I lost a set of keys months ago while in the midst of an engaging phone conversation. Distracted by the content of the call, I placed my keys on the kitchen counter rather than in their “special” spot. My intent was to retrieve them after the call. When I finished the phone conversation, however, the keys were no longer on the counter. Things do disappear with a toddler in the home!

I was determined to find them. After all, they had to be somewhere in the house! I looked everywhere: up and down, in and out, through every trash bag and behind every corner. No keys. I looked under every furniture item and through all the children’s toys. Still no keys.

Well, a few weeks ago – and literally nine months later – my son found the keys underneath the recliner in the living room. I had moved that very chair several times and had checked the creases and crevices countless times. Yet suddenly these keys appeared almost a year later. It seemed that there must be some meaning or message to the whole experience.

After all, how often are we looking for something that is right beneath us? How often do we assume that it is no longer worth looking or trying when we see no immediate result?  And how often does God demonstrate that He works all things in His perfect time?

As simple as the story of missing keys may be, valuable life lessons lie within it:

    • First, we must release attachment to outcomes and instead place in God’s hands the outcomes and the means. He will allow people or things or experiences to surface at just the right time. “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
    • Second, we cannot assume that something is no longer in God’s will after a certain length of time has passed. That which may seem dead or lost may resurface at a time or place unexpected. Trust not in appearances but in the perfection of God’s purposes. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)
    • Third, we must trust that the answers – the keys – are closer to us than we may think. We are often standing near or upon the very things for which we long and look. Allow stillness and silence to bring answers through God’s Voice that one cannot otherwise hear. “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10)
  • And, fourth, we must remember always that God sees the ultimate outcome and has a favorable plan. So we must remember to thank God in all things, even in the trials and losses.  “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” (James 1:2-3)

As we travel upon our pathways of purpose, let us trust God in all things…even when the keys are missing and the dreams seem to disappear. Let us take comfort in the perfection of His timing, His providence and His love. Appearances will not discourage or deceive us when we keep our eyes fixed on the Eternal. “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 1:11) 

Today – and every day – let us celebrate the moment, hear God’s Voice in the stillness and trust Him fully in all things. For the keys to Eternity lie in our faith, love and trust of Him…

~*~

© 2011 Caroline Gavin

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