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I Love to Hear
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By Gary James Smith
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I LOVE TO HEAR

I love to hear the testimonies
Of people who are saved
How the Lord delivered them
From things they once had craved
And the joy on faces
That once were filled with shame
Now a smile from ear to ear
Once saved they're never the same

How each account is remembered
That led them to the Lord
And their hunger and thirst for righteousness
And the reading of God's Word
The love of association now
With the people of like faith
A reverence for the name of God
All for Jesus sake

O there is definitely a difference
I know it to be true
For I was lost one time as well
Till Jesus brought me through
O that wondrous love of God
Who extends forgiveness freely
And plants Himself by the Spirit
To permanently seal me

From forgiveness's fount of blessing
I can clearly see
And try to share that way of life
With those God brings to me
Now my heart looks forward to
To see another saved
And hear another testimony
Of victory over the grave

Copyright January 9 2018 12:04AM

Gary James Smith


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Submitted: Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 9, 2018

About the Poet
I came to know the Lord as my personal Saviour in January of 1972. I was married on Oct 21,1966 to my wife Linda who also loves the Lord. We have ten children and now twenty-four grand children. In Aug 2012 we got the announcement of the birth of our first GREAT grand child (a baby girl). I was thrilled to find others of like precious faith and belief in Jesus Christ. Hallelujah! What a Savior! I am presently living in Champion, Alberta, Canada but we are originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. That is where the poem Canadian Tribute to America was birthed. One Sunday as I walked across the city on my way to church I came to the top of a hill and looked across at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. After watching the events of the Sept 11 tragedy it was weighing on my heart and mind and the Lord gave me these words. We came to Calgary and when my oldest daughter saw this poem she said, �Dad, what�s this?� and I said a poem and she replied �Dad, that�s not a poem , that�s a song� and she then went to the piano and began to sing and play it. The result of which turned into a song entitled, A Canadian Tribute to America which she recorded on CD. garyjamessmith2005@yahoo.ca


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