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Clare Apr 2021
Stand still and let God move
Your severe trial will undoubtably lead
To the creation of something new
It is in this quiet crucible
Of your personal and private sufferings
That your noblest dreams are born
And God’s greatest gifts are given
In compensation of what you’ve been through

And just like Martha and Mary
Sometimes Jesus will wait three days
Or three years even thirty years
If it means at the end
Of that time God will be glorified

And to be used by God
Our own  effectiveness needs to DIE
We must FAIL in our strength
We have to LOSE complete control
And to be totally CONSUMED by Him

We cannot see in a tempest
God won’t be sensual in it
He won’t appeal to our senses
(They add to to our comfort)
He’ll make us uncomfortable in our storm

We’ll never understand what suffering is
Unless we can understand God’s love
Serenity is not the absence of pain
But His awesome presence in it
And what wonderful peace ensues from it

It is staying with the breaking
That will bring that final breakthrough
Untold agony will lead to victory
It is not what we do
But what we become that is vital

God will show up on schedule
Your severe trial will undoubtably lead
To the creation of something new
It is in this quiet crucible
Of your personal and private sufferings
That your noblest dreams are born
And God’s greatest gifts are given
In compensation of what you’ve been through
Clare Mar 2021
Focussing my life on Christ is my desire
And, to worship Him is far above everything.
Yearning, yearning to comprehend His most wonderful love
Enabling me to lose myself in His presence.
Learning the wisdom to recognise the many hindrances;
That of despair, fear, frustration, pride and, worry
And, to understand fully that only true worship
Will bring perfect and complete peace of heart.

Reflecting my Lord’s characteristics is my ultimate goal,
To seek honesty and truth whatsoever the cost.
Pursuing, pursuing after temperance, purity, holiness and, meekness
And, seeking the true righteousness first and foremost.
Willing always to endure hardship, persecution and, unfairness
And to forsake any acknowledgment, self-importance or arrogance.
Just as the moon reflects the sun’s brightness
So I must daily mirror the Lord’s justice.

Serving my Lord Jesus Christ is my ambition,
To apprehend the potential of my spiritual gifts.
Inviting, inviting His compassion to invade my heart
And to let Him touch lives through me.
Relinquishing my God given abilities into His Hands
For Him to use at His good pleasure.
May I let my renewed personality in God
Reflect His care to the poor in spirit.
Winning the lost, would it be my passion !
There are many not knowing where to turn,

Sharing, sharing my testimony and, the salvation message.
There are those whom have begun with disadvantages
Seeking how they can finally end in triumph.
A mourning for Geneva’s lost heritage, incites me
To pray for her to remember her reformation
And, to receive a new baptism of fire.
Partaking in the saint’s fellowship is my aim,
A blessing beyond description and too often forsaken.

Possessing, possessing this high privilege as a pearl
And the power and unity in corporate prayer.
Allowing God’s love, compassion, concern, and tender mercy
To touch others in their time of need.
The Lord Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself for us
Therefore I must give Him all my life.
Clare Mar 2021
There’s blackness in my soul
Knowing you are there
Feeling the total abandonment
Knowing you are there

Knowing you are there
But where are you?  
Knowing you are there
Where is your power?

Where is your power?
Do not give up!
Where is your power?
Cry out to Jesus

Cry out to Jesus
But are you listening?
Cry out to Jesus
Believe in blind faith

Believe in blind faith
Where am I know?
Believe in blind faith
Nothing makes any sense

Nothing makes any sense
Hope thou in God
Nothing makes any sense
You will see victory

You will see victory
Just look to me
You will see victory
Focus on Me only

Focus on Me only
And then total breakthrough
Focus on Me only
Breakthrough and total victory!
Clare Feb 2021
I know you’re speaking to me
Why am I so deaf
That I cannot hear you

I know you are drawing me
In my times of loneliness
But I cannot see it

I know your love surrounds me
And though it is tangible
I cannot even touch it

I know your presence is perfumed
Lingering gently ever so gently
Although I cannot smell it

I know your goodness is sure
An continual and dependable help
Yet I cannot taste it

Faith transcends all of our  senses
Distrusting them is absolute key
To walk in total victory
Clare Feb 2021
Desiring with passion to draw closer  
Closer to You my precious Lord
Seeking to come to the horizon
Horizon that is so very distant  
Trying to understand this unusual mist
Mist that blocks this arduous way
Realizing my sin is this haze
Haze that vanishes after true repentance
Enjoying at last this amazing moment
Moment continuing until the next step
Clare Feb 2021
What is this loneliness so strange
That comes upon me
Why is this feeling so unknown
Tugging at my heart

Friends surround me
Family are here
Christians ever near

Why then this loneliness so strange
Returning to haunt me
This unknown feeling ever so present
Still tugging my substance

Communication is loud
Life always busy
Entertainment never lacking

Loneliness what then is your game
Why are you always here

I listen and then I hear
In the stillness of the moment
A whisper not audible
It’s me my child
Tugging at your heart
Clare Feb 2021
In the deepest valley
You are always there
Your victory is present
In the lowest abyss

Amazing love
Flowing freely
Amazing love
So intense
Amazing love

Your love reaches me
In the emptiest pit
In the loneliest state
Your love surrounds me

Amazing love
Flowing freely
Amazing love
So intense
Amazing love

Reaching into my soul
Amazing love
Just so amazing, amazing
Amazing victory

Amazing love
Flowing freely
Amazing love
So intense
Amazing love

Your love is so high
Your victory reigns
Your love is so wide
Your victory triumphs

Amazing love
Flowing freely
Amazing love
So intense
Amazing love

Victory encompasses all
Victory engulfs everything
Wonderful victory
Victorious love

Eternity reigns
Shout victory
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah…
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