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Love’s Lasting Imprint

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From Psalm 9:1-2:  “I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your wonderful deeds  I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.”

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Singing highest praises

Receiving daily gifts

Blessings from Savior’s breath

Steering man from sinful drift

 

Witnessing blood-stained cross

Declaring Christ, our Lord

Rising from darkened tomb

Crushing evil’s sinful sword

 

Suffering no longer

Driving fear from each heart

Warming to Heaven’s light

Forgiving sins, life’s fresh start

 

Trusting in God above

Giving thanks for His grace

Bringing faith renewed strength

Erasing sin’s dark embrace

 

Sending peace down to earth

Designing joy’s blueprint

Raising new hope through truth

Marking love’s lasting imprint

 

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From Psalm 9:9-10:  “The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.  And those who know Your name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.”

God’s Home

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From Psalm 98:1:  “O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things.  His right hand and His holy arm have gotten Him victory.”

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Praising Lord high above

Singing favorite hymn

Overflowing with His peace

Returning love to Him

 

Revealing mercy’s grace

Descending from God’s rock

Filling earthly, mortal place

Shepherding wayward flock

 

Declaring His purpose

Severing chains of sin

Forgiving each indictment

Teaching what should have been

 

Praying for faith’s new hope

Calling upon Lord’s name

Grasping heaven’s righteous rope

Granting grace, without blame

 

Climbing final mountain

Leaving this worldly dome

Dwelling jointly, wolf with lamb

Summoning to God’s home

 

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From Isaiah 11:6:  “The wolf shall live with the lamb; the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion will feed together, and a little child shall lead them.”

Traveling the Distance (Elfchen Series #200)

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Joy

Bearing

Virgin Mary

Riding blessed donkey

Birthplace beneath Bethlehem’s star

Messiah

Anguish

Celebration

King’s arrival

Riding blessed donkey

Betrayal, Calvary’s empty darkness

Shattered

Hope

Redemption’s

Victorious grace

Riding blessed donkey

From manger to cross

Savior

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This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.

Promised by God

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From Psalm 107:1-2:  “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever.  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those He redeemed from trouble.”

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Overcoming one more trial

Patience seeking unsteady heart

Navigating life’s endless miles

God’s light insuring faith’s fresh start

 

Bringing lost sheep to green meadows

Darkness replaced with mercy’s hope

Meeting truth, forever aglow

Savior extends light’s righteous rope

 

Giving thanks to Christ’s steadfast love

Redemption proven, empty tomb

Releasing grace from high above

Spirit’s light, transforms every room

 

Fulfilling Word, promised by God

Thirst now quenched, hunger at last fed

Witnessing His love, never flawed

Light at cross, enemy has fled

 

Transforming life, away from sin

Faithfulness renewed, finding grace

Blessing Resurrection’s linchpin

Savior’s light takes its righteous place

 

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From Ephesians 2:4-5:  “But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.”

Faith’s Rebirth

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Heavenly message

Writing with new hope

Lifting spirits high

Praising faith’s bright scope

 

Heavenly boldness

Persevering grace

Penetrating love

Praising faith’s new base

 

Heavenly mercy

Blessing with each breeze

Filling lungs with peace

Praising what faith sees

 

Heavenly goodness

Sharing righteous voice

Adorning with joy

Praising faith’s best choice

 

Heavenly greatness

Descending to earth

Filling one manger

Praising faith’s rebirth

 

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Monday Memories: Following His Voice

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From 1 Peter 2:25:  “For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

woman standing near sheep

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Like sheep, we wander astray

Turning away from our Lord

Feeling harassed and helpless

Sheep lost, by our own accord

 

God lays a new cornerstone

Our Good Shepherd, Holy Son

Calling us, hearing His voice

His work will never be done

 

Leading us, on this right path

Following His voice, love flows

With Him, we shall never want

Restoring souls, we all grow

 

Good Shepherd, loving His sheep

Bringing comfort, rod and staff

Green pastures, nourishing us

Still waters, on our behalf

 

Jesus, loving Good Shepherd

Unblemished, Lamb of God casts

Body and blood on that Cross

Risen Savior, His hope lasts

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From Christian author, W. Phillip Keller:  “It takes some of us a lifetime to learn that Christ, our Good Shepherd, knows exactly what He is doing with us.”

Originally published May, 2020.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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In the human family, there are various kinds of birth experiences.  But in God’s family, everybody begins the same way.  We are all adopted.  We all have the same Father.  We all come to him the same way–through His Son, Jesus Christ.

From Ephesians 1:5-6:  “He destined us for adoption as His children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace that He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.”

Day After Day

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From Psalm 17:5:  “My steps have held fast to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.”

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Day after day

Another journey waits

Absorbing Savior’s Word

Keeping our righteous path straight

 

Day after day

Enemy surrounds thee

Witnessing Savior’s love

Grasping His truth, always free

 

Day after day

Darkness shames life of sin

Rising, Savior confronts

Locking faith’s righteous linchpin

 

Day after day

Blindness in faith creeps in

Praying for Savior’s grace

Casting His light from within

 

Day after day

Hope finds security

Blessing from Savior’s heart

Bestowing His purity

 

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From Matthew 5:8:  “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”

Promised Ticket

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From Mark 13:11:  When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak but the Holy Spirit.”

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From every corner

Darkness forecasting light

Voices filled with emptiness

Now standing firm, God’s faith airtight

 

One promised ticket

Risen from empty tomb

False prophets flee every scene

Now Savior breathes, faithful hope blooms

 

Suffering no more

Calvary’s blood-stained cross

Foundation of Father’s grace

Now sin flees, no longer faith’s boss

 

Mercy from heaven

Angels stir from above

Called to gather Shepherd’s flock

Now faith’s destiny, filled with love

 

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From Mark 13:26-27:  “Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.  Then He will send out the angels and gather the  elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.”

Have You Never Known?

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From Isaiah 40:28:  “Have you not known?  Have you not heard?  The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.”

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Have you never known?

God’s grace, covering this earth

Have you never heard?

Cold stable, virgin gives birth

 

Filling heavens with praises

God builds, He provides

Seeding faith with righteousness

His light serves as guide

 

Have you never known?

God’s Word shares His peace

Have you never heard?

Savior’s love renews faith’s lease

 

Hearing of Christ’s healing hand

God’s divine plan leads

Empowering man to change

Mercy’s tender reeds

 

Have you never known?

God’s desire to send His Son

Have you never heard?

Redemption forever won

 

Lamb of God, in heaven’s wings

God envisions hope

Bridge built between man and God

Savior levels every slope

 

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From Mark 1:38-39:  “He answered, ‘Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also, for that is what I came out to do.’  And He went throughout all Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.”