LIVING CUP

 

When all hope flees and darkness comes

I find You deep within my heart.

You cradle me in Your loving arms

And offer me Your godly cup.

With eager haste I drink my fill

New hope is born, I continue to live. 

- Cathryne Allen

(Art: Fill My Cup Lord by Danny Hahlbohm)

WILLING ARMS

 

Your arms, so willing and so strong,

Dived into the deep and shattered my sorrow;

The depth was no match for the strength

You gained at Calvary so long ago.

Your saving grace

Has lifted me to Your cross

Becoming my mortal weakness’ greatest foe.

I now walk with You

In paths I dare not walk alone;

In the valley of shadow of death,

I rejoice to be Your own. 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: God of Wonder by Yongsung Kim)

KNOWING YOU

 

You met me at dawn

With my memories so vast;

I remembered coming to You

Long ago through the water’s gate,

So wide open for my soul to embrace.

 

You flowed through my heart since that day

Showing me the wonder of You;

I have seen Your agonising sacrifice,

Never to be erased.

I hear You, I am Your sheep,

I know You and Your sacrificial pains,

For the believing blood of Israel

Runs through my veins.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Solitary View by Greg Collins)

MOTHERHOOD

 

“Motherhood is near to divinity.

It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.

It places her who honours its holy calling and service next to the angels.”

 

-          The First Presidency: Heber J. Grant, J. Reuben Clark, David O McKay

 

What are children to a mother

If not gifts from heaven’s door;

As jewels from God’s own bosom

Gifted to her heart forever more.

Entrusted with the greatest charge

Sealed with hope of tender care;

From His hands

To mothers given

As gifts of worth beyond compare.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Mercy's Light by Annie Henrie Nader)

ODE TO GRANDMOTHERS

 

You followed your mother into my heart

Carefully tracing her footprints that led to mine,

Knowing I was waiting for your loving arms.

You are the offspring of my body and my heart;

The proof of God’s mercy,

The proof of His love divine.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Angels Round About Thee by Annie Henrie Nader)

 

MOTHER IN ZION

 

I give you my patience

That you might follow your path;

I give you my understanding

That you might love you more;

I give you my forgiveness

That you might learn to love;

I give you my tolerance

That you might grow;

I give you my wisdom

That you might have courage.

I give you my witness

Of the fountain of it all

In whom if you believe,

You will never fall.

From my heart to yours;

Forever more

Because a heart can give no more.

-      CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art: Mother In Zion by Greg Sargent)

 

HEAVEN'S GATE

 

I wept today to feel Your touch

As You lifted me on wings of faith

And brought my soul to heaven’s gate.

My grateful heart burned within

When I felt, that for me,

You rose above Gethsemane.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: His Glorious Light by Greg Collins)