Jesus Loves Me! This I Know! Poem by Denis Martindale

One night, I had a strange new dream, as I, in darkness, stood,
When all seemed calm and not extreme, as if all things were good...
With one leg higher, on a slope, I gazed at all around
And balanced there, so that I'd cope upon that solid ground...
My eyes could see a distant hill beyond the valley shown
And Christ in service to God's will, upon His Cross alone...
No other crosses were in sight, as if to make truths plain,
Just Jesus there, not taking flight, remaining in His pain...

I saw His body squirming there, His agony revealed
And in that instant made aware, with not one thing concealed...
I felt a million miles away, no rescue could be made,
No chance to help Him on that day, no chance to offer aid...
Then suddenly, above the Cross, a beam of light appeared,
God had His reasons there because it was like night had cleared...
That beam descended on God's Son, then crossed the valley, too,
Blood like a river caused to run... I thought my days were through...

I felt God coming full of hate, with judgements thus outpoured,
While I stood still and forced to wait to meet the vengeful Lord...
A mist arose upon the plain... engulfing like a flood...
A vivid red caused to remain... as if the Saviour's Blood...
And love came, too, a miracle... no hate, no hate for me,
Just love and nothing else at all... because of Calvary...
This is the dream my heart holds fast when sorrows bruise my mind,
This is the dream that came at last... the greatest I could find...

No other dream convinces me that God is mine to know...
Adopted in His family... The Bible tells me so...


Denis Martindale July 2019.


GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU BLESS GOD!
DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIM...


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