Satisfying My Father’s Heart © by A.H.L.*

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Satisfying My Father’s Heart © by A.H.L.*

Though a thousand thousand waterfalls

Cascading eons without end

Should pour out their liquid praise to God –

Though the earth’s mighty oceans, roaring,

Crashing over miles of depth

Should cry out joyfully to Him –

Though the myriad trees of countless forests

Shimmering in nature’s dance

Should lift leafy arms to worship their Creator –

Though the birds on every continent and isle

Should join in one grand symphony of adoration –

These could never satisfy my Father’s heart

Like one grateful leper–cleansed

Returning humbly to say “Thank you.”

*A.H.L stands for Aretta H. Loving, composer of this poem; but it also stands for A Healed Leper, a name I claim with thanksgiving to Jesus who cleansed and continues to cleanse me from the leprosy of sin.