Here is a song by Madame Guyon
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A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of air, And in my cage I sit and sing To Him who placed me there; Well pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleaseth Thee. |
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Nought have I else to do, I sing the whole day long; And He whom most I love to please Doth listen to my song; He caught and bound my wandering wing; But still He bends to hear me sing. |
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Thou hast an ear to hear A heart to love and bless; And though my notes were e’er so rude, Thou wouldst not hear the less; Because Thou knowest as they fall, That love, sweet love, inspires them all. |
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My cage confines me round; Abroad I cannot fly; But though my wing is closely bound, My heart’s at liberty; For prison walls cannot control The flight, the freedom of the soul. |
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O it is good to soar These bolts and bars above! To Him whose purpose I adore, Whose providence I love; And in Thy mighty will to find The joy, the freedom of the mind. |
This song is part of our heritage from the brothers and sisters who outwardly lived a life of suffering but inwardly soared in ascension. For one person well known, there are countless unknown believers who lived a life of being constrained by the love of Christ. This living was passed through the operation in their measures, into the Body of Christ for us to partake of now in this age.
2Co 5:14 For the love of Christ constrains us because we have judged this, that One died for all, therefore all died;
Ep 4:16 Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.
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