Faith

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Keeper of the Spring

I found the living water, so soothing and so pure,
It gave me all the strength I needed to endure,
And as my eyes beheld the crystal stream so clear and bright,
I wondered at the source of my delight.

How could the stream that followed the rocky mountain crease
Stay still so pure and sparkling through all this world’s debris?
I thought it so amazing that I sought to find the course
And climbed the mountain to the highest source.

The spring came bubbling from the rocks so clean and pure up there.
And then I saw a Keeper watching always with great care.
He cleaned the spring out daily and would never least allow
On bit of filth to stay there - on His solemn vow.

He gave me then, a lesson, that I love with all my heart.
He made me Keeper of the Spring of Love which is my part;
I will pass pure waters of life where e’er I go
Because I keep my spring so clean - not spotted from below.

Keeper of the Spring of Love, make me a servant true;
Let me build forever upon the likes of You,
And keep the waters of my life pure, clean, life-giving words
That only witness true and whole and make men glad they heard!

©© 2006 by Joan Clifton Costner
Under His Wings Heavenly Poetry
Joan is a Heavenly Inspirations Author.
This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact,
for non-profit ministering purposes.

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