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Devotion Series Poem, a Heart That Loves

A HEART THAT LOVES 

A heart that loves 
Is captivated by a pink sunrise,
Which sings
   Out from the cover of the violet-
   Black lace of night tatted 
In the same patterns as angels’ wings.

The heart that loves
Will not stay still,
But composes its notes to float
   Across spaces, seeking to help
,    Comfort the needing, waiting places,
Like those other hearts broken in pieces.

Within the heart that loves,
The wells of pain and bliss reach
 Deeply down to hidden, and running springs
   Where smiles multiply and tears speak,
   Where the found lyrics are the same
      As those that the rocks cry out.

Hearts that love draw grace from heaven… 
Don the music of all nature’# growing
   Life vining across every land and
Throughout every sea —  to embrace, to express
The mysterious truth of love’s insistent, 
Countless, sacrificial and devoted ways.

Hearts of love remain
— One way or another, not alone, nor silent…
Going forth to journey the by-ways
   Of the commonplace or even the impossible,
Meaning to link, heart to heart,
The deepest well-springs of devotion.


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(A Devotion Series Poem)
(c) sally young eslinger / 11/5 /2022
Thanks be to God…

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022




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Date: 11/7/2022 1:19:00 AM
Hearts asking God for help and grace. What a wonderful idea. God bless.
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Sally Eslinger
Date: 11/17/2022 2:45:00 PM
I Victor! Dear one, good evening. The sOul speaks to God. I reckon the heart communicates better with God than my mouth or my thoughts. It is my habit in prayer to lie still and ask God to Reas my heart, in Jesus’ name., big hugs.
Date: 11/6/2022 7:02:00 PM
Bravo! Oozing positivity of love of heart and never sa6 die spirit of soul
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Sally Eslinger
Date: 11/6/2022 7:42:00 PM
Wow, Seeker, so Aha you wrote that! I set down the beginning, but as I kept on, I thought clearly, “This feels like my soul is writing this (its 2nd poem)& I’m taking dictation. My soul’s 1st was, “warning words from my sou,” that came as I had some suicidal thought, but that poem put a stop to that. Thanks for your dear words xoxo sally

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