A Greater Love -Poem

A Greater Love

by Aida Cooper

I have come to see that I didn’t need you to hold me
on your knee

I didn’t need to be your sunshine or the apple of your eye

You didn’t need to shelter me from the cold or
calm my raging seas

You didn’t need to take me through the school of life
or teach me my ABC’s

In all my lonely moments, in my deep despair
I didn’t need you there

You didn’t need to light my path or cheer me on to succeed

I didn’t need your kisses and hugs or presents under the tree

I didn’t need you to hold me tight after falling to my knees

I didn’t need you to splendor upon me on my wedding day
or look at my sweet child in its cradle where it lay

I didn’t need you to share in every joy I ever had

In everyway,
it doesn’t matter that you didn’t care

Because Jesus was always there

Jesus adopted me and in Him I am born again

Like a lamb without a shepherd
he looked for me and found me

His love has surrounded me every single breathing day

He has given me a new name and I am royalty

I can see clearly now that everyday
you chose not to be with me

Jesus loved me lavishly and cared for me

And everyday
I will get down on my knees and pray

You’ll walk in Jesus’ way

His love can set men free

And in God’s glory I pray you’ll be with me

So you’ll see how much you were loved by my Father and m

~For my Father Gustavo Barreiro

 November 19, 1998
I never saw my father again after my 1st Birthday in 1969. At the time this poem was written I knew nothing of my father nor did I think I would ever know anything regarding his life or would I ever see him again.

In Winter 2006, I came face to face with my father again in Mexico, he didn't know who I was then.
But I knew who he was...it was a day of which I had to extend great compassion and forgiveness....
I met him in Summer 2007 for the first time in my life when I returned to Merida, Yucatan, Mexico during a difficult time in my marriage....for some much needed soul searching

and

self discovery of my heritage

and

healing from the wounds of my personal past.

I have never been the same again.
GOD met me there supernaturally...GOD used my biological father to speak to me...
POWERFULLY, LOVINGLY, and MIRACULOUSLY.

I am FREE now!

  My father with me in Los Angeles, CA -1968