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The Light

On the mountain top I saw

A vision of a would-be world

Some people seemed like angels,

Beings of light-amazing;

Not God, but God-infused.

The world seemed to glow

And I wondered

If I looked different too.

God smiled at me,

And suddenly

I knew:

He loved me too.

I took the light down to the valley,

Hoping others would see.

My face did not glow like Moses;

How silly of me.

I must let Your light shine through;

If others do not see, let it be.

Let me not hide the light

Out of fear.

This  light, this fire

Burns within me.

I only need to fan the flames

By spending time with You.

No one can quench this fire;

Once lit, it burns forever.

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A Far and Distant Land

There is a far and distant land

Of which we all must dream,

Where tears turn into diamonds

And laughter flows in streams,

Where children play along the shore

And dance in bright sunbeams.

Where hungers are all satisfied

And long-held wounds are healed,

Where sin and strife are but a dream

And troubled thoughts have ceased.

There is a far and distant land

To which we all must look,

And if I knew it very well

I’d write it in a book.

‘Til then while life’s strains take up time,

Our hope is in that land divine

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Forgiven

FORGIVEN

Mind in a muddle
Heart in a struggle
Sometimes it hurts
Just to be alive

Then I feel Your grace
You take me to a different place
You lift my soul beyond itself
You say, “Let’s begin again”

I may be at fault
Not always intended
I fall and I stumble
And Your hand is extended

In You I’m made perfect
In You I’m made strong
You handle my mess
With Your tenderness

With You I will make it
Don’t have to fake it
Don’t have to hide
The feelings inside

So melt me and mold me
Break me and hold me
With You I will make it
I don’t have to fake it

— February 2012

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