Abandoned

I had thought to remove this blog due to the fact that everyone has gone on to "facebook" and probably never comes on here anymore (I think this is the case with most of my friends). But I think that I will be here a little while yet.... I still have more poems and thoughts that I want to share with you (even if nobody is on here anymore.) So I will update this once in a while, and if there are just a few of you still here, perhaps you also will profit from these ideas. I won't be going to facebook, so this is where you'll find me.
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Here is a poem that I came across recently. It is so beautiful. May these words be that which describe our lives too!

Abandoned

Utterly abandoned to the Holy Ghost!

Seeking all His fullness at whatever cost;

Cutting all the shore-lines, launching in the deep

Of His mighty power--strong to save and keep.

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Utterly abandoned to the Holy Ghost!

Oh! the sinking, sinking, until self is lost!

Until the emptied vessel lies broken at His feet;

Waiting till His filling shall make the work complete.

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Utterly abandoned to the will of God;

Seeking for no other path than my Master trod;

Leaving ease and pleasure, making Him my choice,

Waiting for His guidance, listening to His voice.

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Utterly abandoned! no will of my own;

For time and for eternity, His, and His alone;

All my plans and purposes lost in His sweet will,

Having nothing, yet in Him all things possessing still.

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Utterly abandoned! 'tis so sweet to be

Captive in His bonds of love, yet so wondrous free;

Free from sin's entanglements, free from doubt and fear,

Free from every worry, burden, grief or care.

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Utterly abandoned! oh, the rest is sweet,

As I tarry, waiting, at His blessed feet;

Waiting for the coming of the Guest divine,

Who my inmost being shall perfectly refine.

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Lo! He comes and fills me, Holy Spirit sweet!

I, in Him, am satisfied! I, in Him, complete!

And the light within my soul shall nevermore grow dim

While I keep my covenant---abandoned unto Him!

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-Author Unknown