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Learning to Love: Day 16:
Easter I saw myselfUgly, bleeding, upward pleading,Finding no reply–No comfort, no rescue, left to die.I looked again and it was Him.So when I kneel before the throneThe Father looks at meAnd sees HimWho paid sin’s debt for me. Love has… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 15
The God I Serve I do not understand Your loveand know I never will.I have no appeal to Your eyes.I have no trade or skill.My heritage is meaningless.Sin bred me like a brute.My knowledge serves to no avail.I bring no… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 14
The Master Gardener My God’s the Master GardenerWho created the world.He fancied flowers, said His say,By which His dreams unfurled.The grasses grew, the bushes bloomed,The Spirit moved the leaves.The Gardener fathered the fruitAnd He supplied the seeds. The spot where… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 13
Pilgrimage Archaeology He dug in the earth; troweled, plowedAnd troweled until the earth turned raw, hot,Until the ground grew red and growled,Disturbed ’til he found what he sought. He dug ’til his eyes turned stone-dry,His own hands chapped and cracked… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 12
When You Seek God When you seek God with your whole heartFor what you want to know,He gives no stone in place of bread.What you ask, He will show.Do not inquire of rocks for help.They are not self-aware.Do not consult… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 11
Constancy and Change When the sun’s fire pounds on the earthThen rises back from the roadAs I wipe sweat from my brow, When the cicadas play their fiddlesIn the dewy grassAfter dusk has arrived,I seek You.When the sand squirms between… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 8
Sanctification The Lord is glorious and mightyShining on His holy hill.He is all-powerful and sovereign.Each of His words He will fulfill.Nothing escapes His divine knowledge.No one can withstand His will.Let every facet of my beingBe refined by Your holy fire.Test… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 7
A Man of Worth He reclined atop his marble chairWith wisdom in his eyes.The boy who gazed at himStood back in awe of his great size.He who looked as if with one clenched fistAnd one gripping handWould take his slightly… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 6
Gifts If I had the wisdom of SolomonOr had the integrity of Joseph–Or Samson’s strength would be enough–If I had the valor of Gideon–If only I had the faith of DanielOr the authority of Elijah–Had I the discernment of Deborah,Eliezer’s… Continue reading
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Learning to Love: Day 5
The Lord, the Lord Give me a pillar or cloud of fireTo lead me night and day,Through light or darkness in Your wayAnd lift me to a level higher Than my own frivolity. Give me ears to hear Your voiceAnd… Continue reading
