What do I think about God?

God is there, I have no doubt.

How does He look on me?

His word says not just that He loves me, but that He is love.

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How do I feel about that?

I’m glad that it’s so but,

I often feel so far away

And find it hard to keep in my heart that fact that He does love me.

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How then can I believe?

Living in this world distorts

My view of God’s love,

And it’s easier to feel isolated than to feel loved.

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What is the answer?

I must not avoid Him because

I know that He is there;

Yet His word seems to demand more from me than I can give.

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What does it come down to?

I will trust in His great mercy

As the Prodigal did His Dad.

Not what I am Oh Lord, but Who You are is what counts.

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What can I offer Him for my soul?

Nothing – for there was once an offering

Made for hopeless men such as me.

I thank Him for the mercy that foresaw and met my need.

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Am I feeling far from God?

I am assured by His faithful word

That I am loved by a greater love

Than any man can ever understand or appreciate.

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What then do I think about God?

God is there I have no doubt.

How does He look on me?

He doesn’t just love, He is love and can’t be anything else.

Therefore I will trust Him no matter what may come, or how I feel.

Colin Nunn

Friends

Friends are family with no blood ties,
Friends are people that I prize,
Friends are helpful, friends are kind,
Friends bring healing to my mind.

When alone and feeling low,
I go to visit friends I know,
Whose open arms are strength to me,
Whose smiles are given generously.

I know they’re pleased to see my face,
I can rely upon their grace.
Their presence is supportive, strong,
I truly feel that I belong,

Around them, with them, in their home.
Should I wander, should I roam,
I have their presence in my heart,
Though miles away, we’re not apart.

And as I lie in bed at night,
I thank the Lord who sends the light,
For friends He sends to cultivate,
My soul for Heaven’s open gate.

Colin Nunn

My Love

I’m always pleased to greet

My lovely rose so sweet,

She is fragrant as the flowers

Growing lustrous on the bowers,

And scented springtime heat.

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Her kiss is precious dew

And tastes of springtime too.

Her arms are warm and caring,

Her heart is kind and sharing,

Her blemishes are few.

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For she is tender, gentle,

In no wise temperamental;

But loving and forgiving;

Always ever living,

Above all transcendental.

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She is My Love My Dear,

For her I know no peer,

I pine for her to be with me;

To hear her voice will always be

Music to my ear.

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Andrea, My Love; from Colin

A Woman such as You

What do I feel – what do I experience when I think of you?

I get a sense of joy as I see your face in my mind’s eye;

When I remember the fun you bring to my life;

The pleasure your smile brings out in me.

To recollect the wonder of your companionship;

to bask in the warmth of that recollection;

To know again and again that you are the most wonderful gift

That God could give me in this life;

To rejoice in the prospect that you presence brings;

The future with your gentle touch, your kindness, your love;

To look back on the past days with which you have gifted me;

Satisfaction, care, wisdom, soft unobtrusive guidance;

These things are always with me – in my mind;

and I carry them around with me as treasures and pleasures.

They brighten my days, and calm my nights, and lift me to a level of

happiness I never thought possible.

For a man such as me.

Thank you Andrea my love,

Colin

A Stranger

A short time ago you were a stranger

Who had moved into the peripheral of my vision;

A shadow that flitted

From her door to who knows where.

Neighbours we were and alien;

Polite but distant; involved in self-interest,

But I began to see you;

A person to notice and to consider.

No enchantress – nor a megastar;

No effusion of charm and allure along with

her pride and arrogance,

But simply courteous and gracious.

You soon became a special friend;

One whose presence I awaited eagerly each day.

When I failed to see you,

My day was incomplete, something was missing.

Your cheery welcoming smile

Was a thing that I came to cherish greatly.

You gave me delight,

And in time became my greatest treasure.

Now, the unthinkable has happened

To me who believed that a perfect partner

Was not only impossible,

But simply a dream for the young and for fools.

My youthful dream has come true My Love,

And the stranger who entered my life then

Has become my perfect partner,

Now and for all times until the end of our lives.

All my love, once your neighbour, now you husband,

Colin

The Smile that lifts me up

Your smile is truly magic,

It lights up your pretty face;

It enhances its surroundings

With the sweetness of your grace.

When my day has been unhappy,

And I’m weary and distressed;

When I’m wondering if I’ll make it,

And by strife I’m sorely pressed,

Then beholding your dear visage,

Shining brightly with good cheer,

I am lifted up; encouraged,

By your smile so brilliant – clear.

Its effulgence, dazzling, beaming,

Radiates to all around

Somehow, joy and glad acceptance;

As though in it can be found

All the happiness of Heaven,

And pure pleasures of the Earth,

For your smile’s the greatest treasure,

And is of a treasure’s worth.

Andrea; from Colin.

Sweetheart

I miss my little Sweetheart whenever we’re apart,

I miss her sweet companionship that mends and soothes my heart.

To know that I am treasured, and loved no matter what,

Persistent love that carries on; not running cold and hot,

Still brings me joy; inspires me as nothing else can do,

She is so rare, exceptional, the likes of her are few.

I fail her, yes I know this, it’s often on my mind,

But by word and deed she continues to show me she is kind.

She’s patient, wise, and caring, she’s forgiving to the end,

So special; I’ll do anything rather than offend

My special little Sweetheart whose love I cherish so,

For her my heart will always have a special pleasant glow.

by Colin;  written for Andrea

“How Thankful” a poem by Colin Nunn

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How thankful, how grateful that I should receive;

not what I deserve, but what I believe.

For if I received what I ought, then I should

be lost in my faults; there’d be nothing I could

Do to redeem the time wasted on Earth;

for man is found twisted and crooked from birth.

The outcome how sad, of this warp in his frame:

Instead of uprightness, he’s crippled and lame.

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If it were needful for man to repair

the damage he’s done, then not one could bear,

The challenge of guilt, the heart that must quail

at the hopelessness of the soul that will fail;

Though hard he will struggle to make himself right,

the mountain of victory is large, and its height;

Is greater than any encounter in life,

and harder by far than all kinds of strife.

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The good news is better than man can expect

“Whoever will come, God will not reject’;

Such is the love that the Father has shown;

the harvest reflects not the seed that is sown,

But a vast field of joy; of souls that are pure,

who into the ages of ages endure;

Because of the love of the Father for those

who without him had no chance of rest or repose.

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How can I deserve the chance to repent?

It isn’t an issue, for God simply sent,

His Beautiful Son to pay for my wrong.

Instead of rejection He gives me a song,

That’s instilled in my heart along with a pledge

that He’s hedging my heart around with the hedge,

Of protection from all the result of past guilt,

and the filter of Spirit to remove all the silt.

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Simply ‘believe’ is the answer to sin;

not wrestling and striving in order to win,

We’re no longer condemned who simply believe;

those who trust in His word are those who achieve

Eternal forgiveness for all they have done.

When God looks at them He sees only His Son,

Who paid the great price so they could belong

to His own great family, cleansed from all wrong.

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The message is patent for all who will hear;

there’s no need for living enslaved by your fear,

God says ‘It’s by grace you’re forgiven your sin’

It’s surely by faith; we believe him; to win

Freedom from all of eternity’s qualms,

and a peace that enables, assures us and calms,

All of our doubts and all of our fears,

no room for anxiety, fretting or tears

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Colin Nunn

Keeping On

The long road is often hard,

and as I walk I stumble into holes of doubt,

through weeds of fear, and swamps of sin -

Again I begin,

For the way is ever a beginning;

and the secret of success is found

in rising up and moving on, though weary,

when life seems dreary,

I set my face toward the New Jerusalem,

as Christ once did the Old, to meet His cross,

to buy the Church; His bride.

I discard my pride

And limp foolishly through crowds

of leaping, laughing folks who jeer

and sneer and go the other way.

I can but pray

And leave them to their will;

for never yet has man been forced

to choose the best

against the rest.

The road is hard to find

amid the glare of seeming life;

the search is difficult and time is short.

But to have sought

for life so distant and intangible

is not considered wise

when joys on earth are plentiful and free.

But not for me

the regret and emptiness of human taste.

My satisfaction is not in the thrill

of earthly pleasure.

Heaven holds my treasure.

Colin Nunn

Thank you Lord for your goodness,

For the love you have for me,

A love so great, so endless,

deeper than the deepest sea.

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Thanks for the peace that knowing you brings,

So that my heart’s at rest;

No matter what the problem is,

I know it’s for the best.

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Thank you too for mercy,

That saved me from a fate

That’s worse than death; my sin was black,

My heart was filled with hate.

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But I came to you and asked for help.

You saw my need and then,

You changed my heart, and put me on

The path of life again.

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Knowing you is just so great,

That I can’t take it in.

And I thank you Lord, that if you’re with me,

I can’t help but win.

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For you’re not like a poor weak man,

No, you won’t change your mind.

Your patience, love and mercy

Will always be the kind

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That lasts for all eternity,

and covers all my needs.

Thank you Lord forever

For your gracious mighty deeds,

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The deeds of love that sent your Son,

To open up a way

For such as me to lose my guilt.

Now, how can I repay

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For such a love? I simply can’t.

So instead, I’ll say,

“Thank you Lord”. I’ll thank you

Through the eternal day.

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Colin Nunn