Comfort...                                                                                              Music Click ~♫ Everlasting Love♫

~ Dedicated To Someone Special ~

Our hearts, our prayers, our thoughts, our love, are with your heart today
What can we say, what can we do, to bear your grief away
God hold you close, and lift you up, in His own gentle way
Be loved dear friend, may comfort come, may love become your stay
Whate'er you feel, at any time, just never feel alone
You are so special, so very loved
Just wanted you to know.

 Softest Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2006
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~ A soul sister ~

When life caves in, you do not need reasons - you need comfort.
You do not need some answers - you need someone. And Jesus does not come to us
with an explanation - He comes to us with Himself.
Bob Benson

~ Walking In Eternal Love ~  

You will see their eyes, and feel those arms that you crave.
You'll be captured in that smile,
God gave evermore.. You'll be closer then, than in time's grasp before,
For, you are locked in love within your soul.. 

Your love was not born to lose, but keep.. 
for a greater heart beat- You are together, ever peaceful, as one. 
Hurt did not tear you apart, nor discord, nor fear, nor torment of soul..

Stay excited sweets, just a blink and you will be filled.. overflowing with joy
His love for you is more perfect, more perfect than you can e'er hold,
When you rise on the morn, you'll see with your heart, 
you will see morning's new light, completeness, delight.

You will see them in laughter, not longing, for In Him, you're already there.
Time for them, for you, is no more.
You walk with them there, in all He imparts, as love in forever, never can part..

They do not miss this, nor weep loss in the dark
You are all there, in His arms, cradled of heart,
There is no gap of time for your love,
It may seem like they are gone, but it's only time, space of dawn, - not what is real..
He touches your soul and your spirit, beyond all you feel.

In perfection they can, see, they can hear your sweet voice.
They are where all is to be.. 
Cry sweetheart, cry, but see through your tears
They are not very far..you're all safe in His heart.

 Soft whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © Nov 2010
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I listen to the air upon the wind, it whispers, ever live,
beyond mere time and space,  above the body, mind and soul, ever one.
Listen to God's eternal Spirit, hush....hear softly your heart,
we are, forever, in love.
~blossoms~ 

" I will never leave you nor forsake you.”  Hebrews 13:5
" ...Surely I am with you always." Matthew 28:20

~The Path Of Peaceful Prayer~

Dear Father, we come to pray for this precious family
For all comfort to be shared
So they may be aware of Your loving presence
And ever present care
We ask You for a special miracle, Dear Lord
Of grace to touch each weeping heart-
Suffering through this grief and pain
And finding all so hard

May peace of soul and thought be real, oh Father
Please surround their hearts and minds
So the promises You love to give
Will be their constant guide
We seek Your loving all abundant grace, our God
For what You alone can do
For this very blessed family to find
Their every need fulfilled in You

Comfort them dear Father
Grant them Your strength and courage
Every day anew

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2008
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Poetry From The Heart

Grant a spirit of peace, dear Lord, midst the storms and the tempests that roll,
To find Your rest and quiet within, a calm buried deep in the soul. -Dawe

God's love is ever present...
For God said:
"My name is not I Was.
"My name is not I Will Be.
My name is I Am."

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
~Isaiah 41:10~

~ For Your Sorrow~

So very sorry to hear of your grief
The loss you are bearing this day
May you feel The Father's comfort
Uplifting you always.

May the love of Christ surround you
To dispel the coldest fear
As He leads you gently step by step
In all that He holds dear.

May His peace contain your heart
As in His love you rest
That in each day you'll know
Himself, your heart to bless.

In the pressing hurt and grief, I pray
You'll find His heart enough
To be assured in all the pain
His arms are holding you with love.

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2008

~ Special Angel's Always With You ~

Your special angel's always with you
For Jesus says it's so
Your angel is right near your heart
Everywhere you go.

God sees and knows just how you are
His plan of love unfolds
While in His very loving hand
Your lovely hand He holds.

Every moment He is guarding
His arms of love around you stay
He is with you in the tears and pain
Your angel never goes away.

There is no where more precious,
you can ever belong,
than safe in the love
of our Father God.

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2008
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Poetry From The Heart

"For He shall give His angels charge over you,
to keep you in all your ways." ~Psalm 91:11~

God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but He does give it,
for the strain of the minute.
~Oswald Chambers~

~ Rejoice, for me ~
  
Rejoice, for me, today, about my loved one going far away,
As when you find some joy to flow, hold me close, so some comfort I will know.
Rejoice, for me, again tomorrow I may be then also, too filled with sorrow,
You might speak of my angel going home, but, I just feel so all alone.

Rejoice, for me, yet a little while, for I cannot yet, find my smile,
A deep shadow turned out the morning light, now, I'm sitting in the darkest night.
Rejoice, for me  as you hold my hand, how else can I understand,
My love has been torn from me. Stay with me, until a better day I see.

Rejoice, for me, with a love from the Lord, maybe read a little from His word,
My eyes still weep, I'm feeling cold, I need a lot of warmth to hold.
Rejoice, for me, about it all, like why my beloved shall hurt no more
But, how long shall I feel so numb?
Please pray for me, that a brighter day may come.

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2004
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

"As time gently eases grief, may beautiful miracles restore the joy
That has been taken from the heart"

~ No Matter What ~

We were born, God deemed it so, our life
was planned to be, God gave His call,
He brought us forth, for life, we're meant to see

He forged our way, each moment borne
As all of His design, it need not matter how
or where, His love was ours to find.
 
The pathway trod each day, to live,
Has brought us nigh to Him, as treasure
processed in the fire, He forms His life within.

No other way was set for us,
But, all He had in mind. He kept our heart,
He keeps it still, by all, that is most kind.

Each twist and turn He means for good,
Each trial, tear stained hand, is all for us
to find the more, of Him to understand.

He carries us, He lifts our eyes, upon the
distant skies, He gently holds all that we are,
And says, I love you child.

Our Heavenly Father loves us so, our Savior
and our God, He keeps us ever in His heart,
We're His, no matter what.

Soft whispers from 
 Derry's Heart Poems © 2007
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For I am convinced that neither death nor life..
neither angels nor demons
neither the present nor the future
nor any powers, neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation
will be able to separate us from the love of God
 that is in Christ Jesus our Lord
Romans 8: 38,39

~ You're Everything To Me ~

As the deer will pant with raging thirst
My soul e'er thirsts for You, 
when tears 'most sweep
my life away, my heart longs for the true.

In all the doubts and questions why, I want
to trust my Lord, His faithfulness
I crave each day, for His peace to be my all.

I didn't understand back then.. I thought
that all I dreamt I could...My strength
untapped, I sailed along,
enjoying every good.

But, then the cares of life began, and
I wondered long and hard... I sought the Lord
 for answers, in all that seemed so barred.

There, as I cried, downcast of soul, The Lord
came to my heart... I wanted all His hope
to keep, the rest, He could impart.

He listened as I cried in pain, for comfort
in the grief, though little changed in life
to see... I felt His arms beneath.

He became my refuge and my joy, my strength
to rise each day... Each moment now He is
my breath, my love, my life, always

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2006
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek You;
  my soul thirsts for You, My soul clings to You;
 Your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:1,8 
The Sovereign LORD is my strength;
     He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    He enables me to go on the heights.
Habakkuk 3:19

~ We Pray For You A Miracle ~
Middle click for song ~♫  I must Tell Jesus ♫

Today, for you, we join together, as one in spirit, one in heart 
To seek for you the blessing, that God alone imparts
We pray for you a miracle, a miracle of grace
For all the wonder God has planned, in His love for you today.

We love our dearest friend so much, for our hearts you have inspired
To show God's glory to the world, the joy that you desire.
We pray for you a warming glow, of peace to form within,
A very special touch of heaven, to crown you like a queen.

A special calling, glimpse, of God's love for you this day,
Beaming rays of hope for you.. His beauty to display.
In Him completely formed forever, your inner spirit, soul
Cradled in His hand, His heart, in Him completely whole.

 You are delightful, chosen, He will lift you every step..
Every minute He is leading you, in perfect radiance..
You are safely wrapped in perfect love, may every fear depart..
Every need He's met already, for your very precious heart..

Soft prayerful whispers  from Derry's Heart Poems © 2008
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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most
to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much
advice, solutions, cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch
our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent
with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an
hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing,
not healing and face us with the reality of our powerlessness and need for God's love,
that is a friend who cares.
Henri J. M. Nouwen

~Heartbroken Recollections ~

Sometimes your heart feels broken
By one you thought was true
The heart bruised far too much
And you don't know what to do
You feel like screaming hard
Or sobbing in a heap
The mind goes dark or wants to run
Feeling so deceived
But the hardest of it all
Is, it doesn't go away
Nothing changes circumstances
As the pain sears every day
Time still slowly passes by
Crying out in fear
Praying, God, please stop the grief
Somehow dry my tears
Show me Your path of light
Give me a grip to hold
Make something of my life again
I'm tired of feeling cold
Please wrap Your arms around me
Make me to smile once more
Restore the joy that comes from You
Oh, how I need You Lord.

Soft Whispers  from Derry's Heart Poems © 2006
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

When life hurts too much,
there is only one direction to go Up
and in God's heart is found the miracle of peace

 ~I Hold Out My Hand ~

I saw the look within your eye, tender,
soft and sweet, I saw the little tear
Trickling down your cheek.
I saw you try to smile Tentative and shy,
I saw your lip quivering softly
Please don't pass me by.

I saw your head once high, dropping in defeat,
You could not look me in the eye
Silent in your need.

I saw your heartfelt cry, and what then shall I do,
In your present sorrow
How may I reach my hand to you.

There is confusion in your face
From the battering of life, as you wonder
where to find
The strength for all the fight.

With the future all unknown, are you cringing
with dismay, What fears loom higher
than a mountain
As you shoulder every day.

Who shall comfort all your hurt
How can your heart be kept...
Lord You can reach my friend,
I know You hold them in Your love
for You answer
Every prayer we send.

Soft Whispers
 from Derry's Heart Poems © 2005
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au
  
O God, please hear not just our words but the
yearnings of our hearts. Hear beneath our
petitions the crying of our need.
~Peter Marshall~
 

~ Embrace A True Friend ~

Are you sitting all alone today, with sadness in your eyes, 
A tear hovering, balancing on the brink, threatening to cry.
Are your shoulders slumping low, vulnerable, with a very heavy load,
Such grief of life within to bear
Such longing, where, oh where shall you turn
To find someone to care.

There is a very special friend
One you can come to know, He's waiting there
His love to share, His heart for You alone.
Just turn aside, turn, turn Your face today..
You'll see His tender smile of love
His eyes of gentle peace..
Then fall on down into His grace
And you will find His arms,
His strong and tender care
There, embracing, your heart to always keep.

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems
© 2004
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

  " So, Jesus said,  "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest. 
Matthew 11:28  

John & Carolee photo Bluff Knoll 2010

~ A Welcoming Love ~

And as life overcame He slipped His arms beneath
To lift, to carry, to hold you deep within
In a surety, a moment now to keep
For tomorrow is the now to know
of where you'll ever be, always close

So perfectly, this day, forever
More close you cannot be
In all the miracles you see,
hidden in the pain
Life can never be the same

When He says, you're ready now to find
More beauty, 
you become eternally this moment- 
Not just forever then, for, I am now within
And of Me there is no end, in my love,
life is always only the present


Hold it to your heart, keep it as your own,
it is yours Hush, be still, My whispers
I will tell, I love you dearest friends
You are of my heart, though yet unseen
You will see as I... You are now, forever
Do not fear.. I watch you cry, I hold you
You are mine

Softest Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2006
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au  

~ Far Beneath The Bitter Snows ~

I have known the blast of cold
that long winter of discontent,
Deep has blown the icy wind
the dark of night has sent.

But from underneath the frost
grew forth a tiny seed,
Reaching for the sun's warm rays
crying out with need.

Give me sunshine, or I die
please melt my freezing heart.
Restore the hope of spring again
to break the chill apart.

Pour your love into my soul
to make my life grow strong.
My Lord, You were raised to bring the spring
lift me up, where You belong.

I will bloom where you are planted
Your purity to know,
As You unfurl Your love
A rose to rise within the snow.

Soft Whispers from
Derry's Heart Poems © 2004
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord
I wait for God my Saviour my God will hear me
Micah 7:7

~ Quiet Moments ~
  
Oh, how the trials hurt my heart
With no-where to escape - I am forced to run to God
And on His wisdom wait.
Patiently, God will try my faith - That I may test His faithfulness,
When trapped within the walls of pain
He shows me all His gentleness.

While the fear drives me to my Bible
For comfort and relief - To gain a message for the moment
When craving for some peace.
Oh God, I cry, please answer - As I fall upon my knees,
Make some sense to me right now
Your faith I want to seize.

So often though, the deepest problems
Just do not go away,
So God teaches me to keep on trusting - For all on Him to lay.
Lord, show me what You're doing
I don't want a bitter heart - Give me a dose of joy to share
So I don't fall apart.

I believe You're in control of life
All is in Your will - Please keep my hope alive
To trust You love me still.
For You beat all grief at calvary - The fighting has been done,
Help me now, to rest upon Your love
So my fear is overcome.

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poem © 2004
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Let Him have all your worries and cares,
for He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.
~1 Peter 5:7~

~ River Of Life ~

Touch me, grasp me in the flow
Reach into the vast unknown
There is no mystery I am always here
I am here for you alone.
Touch me, you will see
As you feel life slowing down
There is no pit, too dark, unknown
I am all you need I will catch you now.
You may breakdown, for there is fear
But this is what you'll heed
That I am ever near More near I cannot be,
for My breath is all you're meant to breathe
The one you draw each day for me
Is only when you lose your own
And then with joy you find my way
My promise yet I am, just as I say
The broken are the ones I mend
The contrite soul is mine to keep
There comes the light and then comes peace
You are my friend Love cannot cease.

Soft Whispers from 
 Derry's Heart Poems © 2006
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else
and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone.
As long as our expectation is from other things,
nothing but disappointment awaits us.
Feelings may change, and will change
with our changing circumstances;
work may come to naught;
prayers may seem to lose their fervency;
promises may seem to fail;
everything that we have believed in
or depended upon
may seem to be swept away
and only God is left, just God, the God of all,
if I may be allowed the expression;
simply and only God.

Hannah Whitall Smith  

~ Alone, am I alone ~

Why do I feel thus all alone,
Walking in a sea of people
Yet no-one hears my sigh
Or the words my heart may know.
Am I alone as I ponder, am I alone as I stare,
Behind the shadows
Do I vaguely observe, giving up the care.

I didn't see the hand of God reach down
With protection all around,
I walked with eyes downcast,
for there was no warm sunshine
To encompass me about.
 And thus I trudged along
for I couldn't hear the song,
Only a heavy feeling that everything was wrong.

Alone, yes all alone walking sadly
in an empty sea,
No-one to hear my heart,
Or the cries that I may scream.
I couldn't feel the gentle touch
of the angel sent with love,
I brushed aside the tenderness
the Father sent with softness from above.

Alone, am I standing all alone,
as I ponder there,
All alone I stay and silently stare,
within the darkness that I bear.
Softly I hear a whisper to gently open up
the window of my heart,
And I begin to feel the tender breezes blow,
Heaven sent... my eyes fill up with tears
and overflow... As the morning light
begins to creep into my soul.

Thank You Jesus, Lord, now I realise, I know,
You died for all the grief,
Please fill my emptiness with Your love.
I am, nevermore alone.

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2004
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~ Goodbye Just Means Tomorrow ~

Goodbye is not, although it seems the saddest word, for we can never part
How can goodbye ever separate
when we are created to be, one in heart.
Goodbye means I will weep, so very quiet and still and miss you very much
But goodbye tears just mean
I have loved your every touch.

Goodbye cries, there is a tomorrow I'll see you very soon
Time here may pull our heart apart, yet goodbye only means yesterday, today, forever
I am always loving you.
Goodbye, becomes life's deepest grief, but, more than any other word of worth
A goodbye reminds us, we are born for the eternal beauty
of a love beyond this earth.

 Softest whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2006
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

I live for when we will be, closer than now, forever together
In the gift of never ending life within our Lord Jesus Christ  

~ Song Of Hope ~

Though a little bird may lose
The beauty of it's song,
God can never leave the soul
Where His love belongs.

Though the softest fragrant rose
Of a very lovely hue
Could one day not unfold
He will still remember you.

Though soft dewdrops never fall
No breeze blow them away,
No petals ever glisten
His love is here to stay.

Though winter shroud all hope
The sky be overcast
Grey shadows dim the soul
God's love will ever last.

Though fragrances of life
Seem a wonder of the past,
Buried 'neath a sorrow's grief
Hope is nestled in the heart.

For would we come to know
 Love's secret in our soul
 It grows sweetest in life's mysteries
To blossom all the more

 Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2006
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 Eyes shining, hearts on fire, crying,
" We've found it!
That for which the whole world is seeking!
Do you find life too difficult?
So did we, but not now,
with the loving grace there is for us
to share in Jesus Christ,
 life grows satisfying beyond measure,
becoming another and a richer thing.
Arthur John (A. J.) Gossip

~ Serene Garden Glade ~

If life took from me the peace
That is needed in my heart,
What would it be replaced with
To fall upon my path.
If life took away the innocence
I knew as a little girl,
What shall dwell inside me now
Given by the world.

If the sunshine left the sky
And the skies all turned to grey,
Is there somewhere I could go
To escape the chilling rain.
 If there are no stars to count
For I cannot lift my eye,
Will life bring me only sadness
Even in the morning light.

Then all that's left are miracles
As I cannot struggle anymore,
Is there a chance all that was taken
Was not the real at all.
What if I search elsewhere
Where I haven't been before,
Then will I find a serene garden glade
That matters all the more.

Could there be a reality
Beyond this one I see
Where a sure peace and joy is found
And where my soul is free.
Could I then begin to thank the Lord
For everything life took,
 So that I would have to find new sight
To take another look

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2004
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

"Whether you turn to the right or to the left,
your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying;
 "This is the way...walk in it"
~ Isaiah 30:21 ~

~ With The Love We Shared ~

If tomorrow dawns and I am gone, then ever so softly lift your eyes on high,
For I won't be laying there within the grave, but flying free beyond the sky.
For you can't stay within and weep for me, but rise gently up on your feet,
To go search for someone all alone. for them it is to weep.

With all the comfort you will know, that you miraculously find within your grief,
Then give, for pouring of that love, will be your sure relief.
As the sun shines bright around you, go now and give that love away,
From all the joy we knew together, stored up from all we prayed.

Though you may forget details of the treasured moments, they made up your loving heart,
All the nourishment daily in God's goodness, for the time when we would part.
And when every day is done, as you stop to gaze up at the stars,
Pray for everyone we loved together, while I delight in our Lord Jesus from afar.

For every moment I am gone, unable to hold you close once more,
Reach out to touch another, with all we lived, that was worth the living for.
Don't cry too long that I am gone, just smile for me and carry on,
Go, bravely with the love we shared, and sing with every step..our song.

Soft Whispers from Derry's Heart Poems © 2004
heartwhispers@iinet.net.au

Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice
and no-one will take away your joy
John 16:22

~♥~Promises of God ~♥~

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♥ When you are lonely ... He will be at your side.
"I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you."
(John 14:18 )

♥ When you feel afraid ... He will give you Peace.
"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. 
Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." 
(John 14:27 )

♥ When your health is poor ... He will heal you.
"Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health,
just as your soul prospers." 
(3 John 1:2 NKJV)

♥ When your heart is full of sadness ... He will comfort you.
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."
(Matthew 5:4 )

♥ When you feel weak ... He will be your strength.
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; 
and they shall walk, and not faint."
(Isaiah 40:31 )

♥ When you are in need ... He will provide.
"And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus."
(Philippians 4:19 )

♥ When you feel lost ... He will show you the Way.
"In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."
(Proverbs 3:6 )

♥ When you need to talk to someone ... He will listen.
"Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
(Jeremiah 33:3 )

♥ May you always know ... He will forever LOVE you!!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Eternal life."
(John 3:16 )
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