http://www.gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=For_Talitha_at_Her_Baptism&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.16alpha Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:53:09 GMT http://www.gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=For_Talitha_at_Her_Baptism&diff=16642&oldid=prev <p>New page: {{info}}The Lord himself once stood&lt;br&gt;With John the Baptist in the river, just&lt;br&gt;The way you stand with me&lt;br&gt;Tonight, the Son of Man with perfect trust,&nbsp; Fulfilling everything&lt;br&gt;...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{info}}The Lord himself once stood&lt;br&gt;With John the Baptist in the river, just&lt;br&gt;The way you stand with me&lt;br&gt;Tonight, the Son of Man with perfect trust,&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Fulfilling everything&lt;br&gt;Required of us, as if a spotless Lamb&lt;br&gt;Should there repent, as if,&lt;br&gt;Immersed and hushed, the great I AM <br /> <br /> Could choose to sink in death&lt;br&gt;And bury there alone in the abyss&lt;br&gt;Our sin, a parable&lt;br&gt;Of love and hope and suffering—and this. <br /> <br /> And now you stand with me&lt;br&gt;Tonight in these strange waters, full of death,&lt;br&gt;And put your hand in mine&lt;br&gt;To lay you down, as if in sleep, one breath <br /> <br /> Away from heaven’s gate,&lt;br&gt;As I have done three thousand times, since you&lt;br&gt;Were eight weeks old. But now&lt;br&gt;To signify not sleep but death, and through <br /> <br /> This happy grave, to rise&lt;br&gt;Not this time into one more fading day,&lt;br&gt;But everlasting life.&lt;br&gt;And so tonight, dear Talitha, I pray: <br /> <br /> God grant that you would live&lt;br&gt;Forever in the faith that makes you one&lt;br&gt;With Jesus Christ, and takes&lt;br&gt;You into death with him, and life, where none <br /> <br /> Can pluck you from his hand&lt;br&gt;Or undo what the risen Lord has done.&lt;br&gt;And when the time should come&lt;br&gt;That I, though he has called me precious son, <br /> <br /> Must once more be immersed&lt;br&gt;In death, fear not, this is no final threat&lt;br&gt;To me or you, but take&lt;br&gt;My hand in hope, as you do now, and let <br /> <br /> Me draw my final breath,&lt;br&gt;And enter heaven’s gate assured of this:&lt;br&gt;That you will follow me&lt;br&gt;Someday and greet me with a holy kiss&lt;br&gt;</div> Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:07:12 GMT Greetje http://www.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:For_Talitha_at_Her_Baptism