REMEMBERING GETHSEMANE

 

I bent my knee today to Thee,

And You listened very carefully.

My heart split open,

And You could see

One still worthy of her destiny.

 

I marvelled how quick

You wiped my slate so clean

And so gently said to me:

I understand your mortal suffering,

I met you in Gethsemane.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Restored in Faith by Chris Brazelton)

THE FINISH LINE

 

You warned me there would be mountains to climb

But promised there would be resting spots along the way;

You warned me of the subtle pitfalls

And how deep and wide the waters I would wade.

But you promised me Your hand in mine

Every minute of the day

And that You would meet me at the finish line

When I had conquered what there was to pay.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Walk by Faith by Chris Brazelton)

I WISH

 

I wish I could see

Every step of my way

To the very last.

 

I wish I knew if treasures

Await me in the very end

That would outshine my past.

 

I wish I knew

If I endured to the end,

I’d be happy with all I have done;

If it would be enough

To live eternally with

God’s Beloved Son.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Spring of Life by Chris Brazelton)

LIFT ME UP

 

I look to Thee to lift me up

When into the depths of sorrow

I sink and comfort cannot find;

I look to Thee to lift me up

When nothing makes sense

In my troubled finite mind.

I look to Thee to lift me up

When forsaken I happen to be;

I look to Thee to lift me up

When trials seek to swallow me.

I will look to Thee to lift me up

When farewell I have to say,

Lift me up with tender mercies

Thou art the light, the truth and the way.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: The Light of the World by Mindi Oaten)

EACH DAY I LIFT

 

Each day I lift more and more,

On wings of faith

I fly to God I know.

In realms of splendour

I will find my home of old

And return to Him

Who has missed me so.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Artist Unknown) 

ANGELS

 

Did Your angels miss You

When You left Your glorious throne?

Did their voices echo in a lowly stable

When you were so humbly born?

And did they weep for you

When you had to suffer alone?

 

Did they rejoice at your return,

Did they sound their trumps

To herald their joy?

And did they praise You forever more

As you reclaimed Your exalted throne?

 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: An Angel's Descent by Greg Collins)

ODE TO MARY AND JOSEPH

 

To heaven’s gate you came so willing

To claim God’s Son as your own;

The seeds of love you offered there

In noble soil forever sown.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: On To Egypt by Rose Datoc Dall)