Monthly Archives: March 2012

Miracle of the Sun

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Darkness had come upon the land,

A darkness so thick,

It could be felt.

 

You spoke and said to me,

I will awake the dawn.

Rising early, I raised my arms to heaven

And Your sun entered my soul.

 

 

A thousand candles,

Burn on the altar of my heart.

Piercing the darkness,

Are Your eyes of Love.

Cascading streams of Light,

Illuminating that cavern,

That was Sin.

 

Lord, help me

Return Your gaze.

I behold You, darkly,

New to the blinding Light.

 

Dancing Miracle of Sun

Accustom my open eyes to Your Spirit

To receive the sun and moonbeams

As You eclipse the Night.

 

© 2012  Joann Nelander

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Inheritance

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“It is finished.”

”Into Your Hands,

I commend my spirit.”

 

The Tree of Eden

Poison swallowed,

By the Tree of Golgotha.

 

Christ, the New Adam,

Mankind begun anew,

Fellowship restored and more.

 

Freed from the husks of pigs

Returned to the Father’s House.

Witness the death of Death.

 

Lay Your Head upon my lap,

That I may hold You,

Rock You,

Cradle You in my arms.

 

I arrange Your Hair,

And wash the Blood,

Clinging to You,

Mourning over You,

As Mother Mary.

 

Open side of Jesus

Receive me.

Hide me,

In the cave of Your Heart.

 

I throw off my idols.

My sin is finished,

Nailed to Your Cross.

 

“It is finished,”

My war against You,

The burden and the price,

Life born in Your dying,

And swaddled in faith’s dark night.

 

The Church born

From Your pierced side.

As a fountain for the Ages,

Spilling forth

The wine of Crushed Grapes.

 

New Day!

Eternal Spring!

“Into Your Hands,

I commend My Spirit.”

 

Love has the last word.

 

Copyright 2012 Joann Nelander

 

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