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Oratio: Carry The Song
God gave us each otherto carry the songfor thosewho cannot singwhen griefand sadnessare too much too bearHe gave me youHe gave you me ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Dead Trees Must Fall
The Lord uprootsthe dead treesin our gardenmaking the old newmaking the weak strongshining His lighton the open spaceswhere He has madea new wayinto our heartsfor He does not allowus to cling to the pastHis ways are resurrectionand renewalbut for these to take placedead trees must fall ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: One In Christ
In Christwe sharein the divine naturein the deathand resurrectionin the waythe truthand the lifein Christwe sharein each otherin lovewe are one ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Like A Current
The Lord has named mewith a whisperHe has named mewith loveHis grace movesthrough melike a currentdrawing me awayfrom the jagged reefof sininto the vast abysswhere two become one ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: My Life Is His
I cannot makethe roses bloomnor any flower growthe sun does not riseon my commandnor set becauseI say it’s sojust like my days on earthare not mine to giveor takenor my breathor heartbeata choice I makethe Lord my GodHe does all thisHis grace aboundsmy life is His ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Outside Of His Will
If God is everythingor else God is nothingeven our tragediesour losses and our painare God’s work in our livesnot because He wants usto sufferHis only desireis that we receive Hiseternal and unconditional lovebut because nothing happensoutside of His willeven if we do not understandHis will ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Free In Him
The world reflects backthat which we denyin ourselvesor refuse to seedrawing out our shadowsexposing darkess to lightonce we see the truthwe must choosesin or salvationto be cut off in selfor to be free in Him ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Dear Child
Dear childyou are my belovedin whom I am well pleasedmy love for youhas neither beginning nor endneither limits nor conditionsnothing you do or saycan make me love you moreor lesssince before you were bornuntil long after this moment has passedI love youtake this knowledge with youhold it close to your heartyou are worthyyou are…
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Oratio: Holding On
Shaking apartfrom withinthe Holy Spiritlooses the wheatfrom the chaffleaving nothingthat does not belongto Godit feels like heartbreakit feels like dyingI cling to it allstruggling to hold onand also let goon my knees I pray ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Nowhere Else
The Lord provideswhat I needHis goodness overflowsthough I do not seeHis plannor understandHis waysI know that He loves meHe is my shepherdmy rockmy salvationto Him I place my trustfor I have nowhereelse to turn ~Robert Van Valkenburgh