Unspeakable Joy!Sample

A TASTE OF HIS LOVE BRINGS IRREPRESSIBLE JOY

From roughly ages 50-60, I was fortunate to be part of a vibrant faith community that emphasized God’s love for me. I had never really focused much on His love, but between my men’s groups, silent time with God, and restorative counseling, I began to understand more of the depths of God’s love for me.

And it brought me tremendously deep joy and it changed my outlook on life significantly.

It's virtually impossible to fully put into words God’s love and what I felt from Him. His love is so wide and deep and unnatural from a human perspective. Yet, on the other hand, God’s love is also quite simple and tangible.

We can see it in a neighbor’s act of kindness, in a heart-felt thank you from a friend, or in someone going out of their way to help another who is hurting. Maybe you’re like me and want to receive more of His love or perhaps slow down to see it in the small parts of life.

I am convinced that a deep and abiding joy will unfold as we choose to seek His love more and more each day.

I wrote this poem to attempt to share how that love has impacted my life.

OH, TASTE OF LOVE

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Oh, to taste of God’s sweet love

To feel His touch from heav’n above

A love that covers every strife

And brings true hope to every life

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It takes me where I’m ever safe

Filled to full with loving grace

To see how love it changes hearts

And sews together broken parts

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‘Tis love that causes wounds to heal

While others’ cling to walls of steel

It’s love when neighbors help their kind

Its acts are pure and so are blind

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The mind has glory of its own

But loves real place is in heart’s home

Yet not to know this wondrous love

Smells of a death, not from above

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To never touch this wonder land

To never feel His loving hand

‘Tis got to be the worst of all

As though your soul has hit a wall

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The closeness of His holy love

Fits just like a well-worn glove

The joy it brings I can’t contend

And thankful for it’s never end

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The feeling of ecstatic glee

Knowing this was made for me

When love comes forth with hearty praise

There’s just one name to gladly raise

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If you’ve never tasted of

This golden rich sweet heavenly love

You can gain its sparkling hue

And live for’er, yes, Him and you.