Ann Voskamp<\/a>, and put it on my Christmas list. Anna got it for me, and I just last night got it out to start reading some of the prayers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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I read several!!!!<\/p>\n
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They are full of life, NOT boring, NOT stuffy, and full of an ardent love for our Savior! Just beautiful!<\/p>\n
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Here is just a paragraph from the selection, "The Love of Jesus":<\/p>\n
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<\/em><\/p>\nMy heart melts at the love of Jesus,<\/em><\/p>\n my brother, bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh,<\/em><\/p>\n married to me, dead for me, risen for me;<\/em><\/p>\nHe is mine and I am his,<\/em><\/p>\n given to me as well as for me;<\/em><\/p>\nI am never so much mine as when I am his,<\/em><\/p>\n or so much lost to myself until lost in him;<\/em><\/p>\n then I find my true manhood.<\/em><\/p>\nBut my love is frost and cold, ice and snow;<\/em><\/p>\nLet his love warm me,<\/em><\/p>\n lighten my burden,<\/em><\/p>\n be my heaven;<\/em><\/p>\nMay it be more revealed to me in all its influences<\/em><\/p>\n that my love to him may be more fervent and glowing;<\/em><\/p>\nLet the mighty tide of his everlasting love<\/em><\/p>\n cover the rocks of my sin and care;<\/em><\/p>\nThen let my spirit float above those things<\/em><\/p>\n which had else wrecked my life.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/em><\/p>\nThis one line really spoke to me last night:<\/p>\n
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….or so much lost to myself until lost in him;…..<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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How often do we try to "deny self" or "put self on the cross"…..all focused on the negative….<\/p>\n
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…when all<\/em> I have to do is lose myself….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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in Him.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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