How
strong You have been to carry me so far;
Without
retreat, through raging storms,
Up
mountains and over treacherous seas.
You
did not falter
As
you carried me up Calvary’s hill;
Golgotha
had no claim on Thee.
How
strong Your shoulders must be
To
carry me into eternity!
-
CATHRYNE ALLEN
“It is not just the mistake-free, no-fault life that pleases
God. He has deliberately placed us in a sphere where the most sharply focused
purpose is to learn from our experience and to grow in both our desires and our
understanding to be like Him.
“Obviously that includes the greatest effort and integrity
we can must as we seek to do His will. But the heart of it all is not SELF-confidence.
It is confidence in HIM, and in His power to make us into creatures far beyond
the reach of what our goal-setting and goal-achieving can ultimately accomplish
in the process of becoming as He is.
“Through the power of the Atonement, the Saviour himself
compensates ultimately for our inadequacies, even as He leads us along and
strengthens our capacity for good. For that reason HE is the desired repository
of our confidence. To repose our
confidence in ourselves rather than in Him is to trust in the arm of flesh…..”
-
Elder Bruce C. Hafen, “The Broken Heart” p 120,121
When in heaven
we meet,
Will you want
my soul to keep?
Will I be
worthy of forgiveness,
And a loving
word from Thee?
I will kneel
and I will weep when I witness
How graciously
You accept
So little You
find in me.
- CATHRYNE ALLEN
(Art: Within Our Grasp by Jay Bryant Ward)
