I love my Lord
because He loved me first.
He saved me by his Word
and lifted me from the dirt.
He took away my addictions
and replaced them with His love.
He healed all of my afflictions
and sent me peace and joy from above.
Why do I love my Jesus?
There's not enough words to describe
how my life was nothing but useless
and now it is useful and divine.
I am never alone or forgotten.
I am never long dwelling on my sins.
I have no way for my gratitude to happen
and truly thank my Lord for what He did begin.
I love my Lord
because He loved me first.
From now on I'll love him totally
through all of time and eternity.
Author notes
I entered this poem in your contest because I think it expresses the wonderful love of God to me a poor and lost sinner. If He can save me, He can save anyone. His love is so powerful and miraculous.
Hopescalledstars - I once was lost and now I'm found. It's so good to be in recovery and free from the nightmare I used to call life.
Jesus loves me so much He gave up His only so son I could live.
Thank you Mary for the opportunity to write this poem.
Written May 7th, 2005
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This is a good poem and you are right it expresses the Love of our heavenly Father, his love is pure and he gave us everything so its good that you are giving him back praise by writing this poem, Good Job and Good Luck in my contest. -Tressie- -
The story of this poem is touching, and as I, too, was lost and have been found and am eternally grateful for the love of our Lord, I enjoyed the emotion in it. However, had you read my rule number 1, you would have seen that I asked entrants not to use traditional rhyme schemes. I will not eliminate this from the competition, but I will say that the rhyming was somewhat cliche.
Thank you for taking the time to write for this contest,
Myno -
Your rhyming was WONDERFUL up until the last stanza - it just felt like a let down.
Other than that this poem was great! It was really motivational and it portrayed an awesome relationship with God!!
It makes me happy for you, and know someday I'll be completely there too - with His help. Thanks for entering my contest and good luck
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Ahhh...but there is where the "blind faith" and "naiveté" of the believer come in. To be "useful" to God is to part of the divine. The Lord says he has plans for me - plans for my good (Jer. 29:11) and I believe this with all my heart. The connotation of this word is different for the believer than for the unbeliever! He also says that all it takes is the faith of a child to seethe kingdom of God. (Luke 18:16) Again, I hope this shows up in my writing.
Thank you for your wonderful review and for allowing me to be in your contest. It is an honor! - Joanne -
Endearing and sweet...
Ah, I simply love this one: the childlike reasoning how “I love my Lord because He loved me first”. And one wonders if we are ever to move to “I love my Lord in spite of...” and then progress to “I love my Lord just because. Period.” Blind faith, I'm afraid, is only for the enlightened few: I am but thinly veiled, yet veiled nonetheless.
Still, the honest naiveté comes across as endearing as it is “alarmingly” sweet. THAT and the manner of possession that you referred to Jesus .
Meter is pretty much thrown in the wind, though the effort at rhyming attempts a determined leap back to a sensible rhythm. While there's no single, correct diction in the English language (some may argue passionately though
, you might want to consider denotation as well as the connotation and accuracy of a word and its rhetorics. “Useless” is all good to include, but to have the antonym “useful” in the following verse as a counterpoint suddenly throws the mood into disorder. Moreover a life “divine” - a word so majestically inspired - is an odd match for something as trivial and mundane as “useful”... Though should you be aiming for humility, this is probably acceptable 
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As far as messages go:
“I have no way for my gratitude to happen
and truly thank my Lord for what He did begin.”
... this is one that tugs the strings in my heart. In truth, I am painfully aware that I can never truly comprehend the depth of His Love, and I may never be able to return His Gift in equal amount. I hope to freely subjugate to His Will (oxymoron, I know ) and pray that it is enough, and He Wills me to be happy.
(My) 0.02 cents: feel free to disagree.
God Bless,
srlaine
Edited on May 23, 3:32 because 'those drats, emoticons!'.
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This was a relef from all those suicide poems I normally read. I liked what you had about the Lord and it was a noce read. This was an intresting subject to write about because people try to avoid writing about this. Good job and I'm glad I had the opprotunity to read it!
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This is soo good! Very beautifully done! Very hope and inspiring and a wonderful love poem to the Lord! The background adds to it all too. Keep up the good work!
God bless,
Spring Rain -
Words are truely never enough to express the love and the wholeness you feel when it comes to this subject. This was a very sweet and true wirte. Beautiful convictions.
-Skyelle -
Beautiful and well done.
This is very beautiful and you did so well with this. I truly do like your work and thanks for the compliment so this makes me feel better. -
hey is is a really well written poem, it's very nice and up lifting if you are a christian. I like how it shows the best things in your life. however not being religous it maybe didnt have the same affect on me as it does other people, but i can still appreciate that its a great poem
jade -
Hi, as usual you have written wonderful words to give peace to us all, your poems are uplifting and when we are down they make us feel good, a lovely write my friend, as ever your friend, hugs Di
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Beautiful...if we could all do this; Love HIM because he loves us ... but so many blame him for the conditions on the earth .. little do we know, or believe that love would conquer all problems on this earth .. real love I mean ...
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It's a very cliched poem honestly, it might be personal and very spiritual, it does indeed flow well, but reading the same concept over and over again without something seriously dramatic dulls the glory of it all. It's even harder to critique.
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I found this to be particularly uplifting, as I struggle with addiction still. It is so promising to hear testimony of lives that the Lord has blessed. Thank you, I needed this witnessing today. carolyn
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This is absolutely wonderful and so very very true.. I was far from where I am today.. I belive he loves me and I will never ever forget that.. thank you for this wonderful write..
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Mmm...what a comforting write. Sometimes when I'm on here I forget what's most important to me and shy away from theses types of poems but it's never hurt me to delve into one written by someone I know to be a talented poet. Thank you for sharing. I'm glad I dropped by and I'm thrilled you promoted. Thanks again for the pleasant reminder.
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this is so uplifting and gives such a happy and peaceful feeling to the reader. I feel this way myself, you couldn't have put it more perfectly. Great job, and I hope you keep expressing this way! -
Beautifully written
WOW! What a truely beautiful tribute! Well done! UR choice of title and background adds even more to the overall feel! Its def. something that none of us should 4get... our blessings 
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Joann, This is so inspirational. It really is inspiring that whatever we need is what He is. I am glad you shared your testimony of Jesus healing you from your addictions. I enjoyed reading this. God Bless. Penny
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Your welcome my friend. Wonderful write my friend as well thanks for writting.
God Bless
Mary -
Another amazing write! This is such a heartfelt poem, and one I can really relate to The flow is perfect and the message is one of such hope, it makes the poem glow. Well done and best of luck in the contest!
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This is a wonderful testimony of what the Lord means to you and how grateful you are for His unconditional love. Anyone who reads this will be blessed, Joanne. ~vj
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