HOW GREAT THOU ART

 

How commendably patient Thou art

With the slow progress of

My proud heart.

There is none like Thee,

My Saviour and my King;

How great Thy wisdom,

How great Thy mercy,

How great Thy love,

That fills my joyful heart,

How very great Thou art!

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Hope Deferred by Chris Brazelton)

ODE TO THE MOTHERS OF STRIPLING WARRIORS

 

Son of my body,

Heart of my heart,

I give you to God,

Knowing not despair,

I know my son, you will be safe

In His merciful, tender care.

 

I know He will watch over you

And honour your faith;

I trust He will guard you

Against the open jaws of hate.

 

Son of my body,

Heart of my heart,

I will wait with faith

Knowing not despair,

I know you will return

To my loving, tender care.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Divine Call by Sandy Freckleton Gagon)

THE MIGHTY GOD

Did You ever feel the weight

Of Your calling as You spoke the Word

For heavens and earth to be?

 

From the valleys, the hills, the oceans

And grand mountains that be,

You left Your mark of power for all to see.

 

Were You heavy hearted

When You created the hill of Calvary?

And did You hear it whisper Your victory

When You were in Your agony:

The mighty God, the Author of Creation,

The fountain of all salvation…..

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Jesus Christ the Creator by SKAI Studios)

 

A CALL TO BATTLE

 

There is a desire in my soul

That wants to conquer Goliath

And watch him fall….

This warrior within me never sleeps

And yearns to hear the angels’ call,

A call to battle to make the devil fall.

And when Christ comes in clouds so holy

He will conquer that enemy

And we will confess His glory.

 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Put On the Armour of God by Celestial Heritage)

THE WISH

 

When in the realms of heaven

You asked me what in mortality

I wanted to be, it was so easy,

I said I wanted to be like Thee.

You warned me of the suffering 

That would have to be equal in measure

To what You would suffer for me;

That my life would not be easy

But that You would make up for everything.

Now I am here,

I fear the refiners' fire of the kiln

When Your potter hands are moulding me,

But I try to be the woman I was who said

She wanted to be like Thee.

Some days I want to change my wish

I am not worthy to bear my suffering,

But then I notice the chains around my heart

Are broken, and I remember:

You will make up for everything.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Clay Full by Ron diCianni)

PERFECT FAITH

 

For now I walk unsteady steps

On this earthly soil beneath my feet

But one day I will come to You

With perfect faith in waves of deep.

 

And when in distance Your glory beckons,

When You come to take me home,

I will run into Your arms

And forever be Your own.

 

-      Cathryne Allen

(Art: Serene Saviour by Ivan Guaderrama) 

SELF-WILL

 

I pleaded with you on bended knee

My fears to dissolve.

You sat in silence

Hoping I would give You

what You yearned the most to own:

My self-will,

My hesitance to relinquish control.

In the end I gave it up

And found solace to my soul.

 

Yes, You said,

Now you understand.

I paved the way

In Gethsemane long ago.

                 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Thy Will Be Done by Jay Bryant Ward)