I HEAR YOUR VOICE

 

I hear Your voice in empty silence

When loneliness envelops me;

I hear Your voice in violent storms

That plague Me in mortality;

I hear Your voice in my struggles

That never let me be;

I hear Your voice when You pilot me

On dangerous journeys of earthly seas;

I hear Your voice beckoning me

To stay the course because

You will never abandon me.

I hear Your voice getting closer

And more distinct on the narrow path

That leads me home to Thee.

I see Your arms wide open

Waiting to welcome me.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Be Not Afraid by LDS Book Store)

A STEP OF FAITH

 

Never before had a fisherman stepped

Onto the waves of the sea.

He knew how quickly they could

Take him into the depths of the deep.

But the Master had bid him come

And he ached to be with Him.

 

Like Peter of old, I fear to step

Out of the rocking boat,

I fear losing the ground beneath my feet.

 

I see Him in the distance,

His hand outstretched waiting for me,

I too long to be with Him

But the waves try so eagerly to swallow me.

 

The boat rocks and seeks to destroy me,

I cry my tears of daily pain

And I wonder if anything of me will remain.

 

I wait for Him to come to me to rescue me

And like Peter deliver me from the depths

Of the raging sea;

I hear Him say:

“To know yourself,

YOU have to come to ME.”

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Step of Faith by Michael Malm)

 

LIVING WATER

 

Thou art the source of all my blessings,

Thou art the source of all my joys,

Thou art the living water

I drink with haste

And savour each and every drop

So careful of tragic waste.

Feed me Saviour ever more

The love that flows with every cup

Grant me my fill each day

That keeps me living and bears me up.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art by AI) 

A MIRACLE

 

She had heard of His wonderous works

As His fame spread throughout the land.

With fear and shame she approached,

Afraid to ask for a miracle at His hand.

 

If she could just touch, not having to beg,

His power would make her whole

And a clean woman she would again be.

He speaks: “Daughter, thy faith hath

Made thee whole, come, follow me.”

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Divine Healing by Ron DiCianni)

SALVATION

 

I saw You today in my heart

and I wept knowing as more believe,

the tree that bore Your weight keeps growing.

 

I saw the love flow from

the deepest well within Your soul –

Your salvation for us all.

 

My heart was rent knowing Your pain

And the tears You spilt on that day remain.

They are the gems I treasure in my heart…

I am one of Your many children of light.

 

-       CATHRYNE ALLEN

 

 

THE VEIL

 

I stood at the veil

As You were about to leave

Sorrowing that not all would believe.

 

I prayed for Father’s power

To protect Your gentle heart

From the blow that might tear You apart.

 

I knew my soul You would save

And all Your promises You would fulfil.

I stood at the veil, unable to leave,

Holding Your crown for You to receive.

 

I stood and waited that fateful day

In awe of what You did to pave the way.

I could scarcely comprehend

Your godly enduring might

I stood at the veil and gave You my heart.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Artist Unknown)

ODE TO FAIR DAUGHTERS OF GOD

 

Among valiant sons of God

Who were chosen rulers to be

Stood the daughters so fair

They echoed through eternity.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Devotion of Heart by Greg Collins)