Worship Song

Farther shall I go,

I cannot linger here.

Thy love compels me on,

I come to be with Thee.

Thy Spirit draws me on

To heights and depths in Thee:

Thyself, O God, the goal,

Thy presence all my plea.

With nothing in my hands

I come before Thy throne,

All self-will cast aside,

To learn of Thee alone.

Sergio Valori

A New View

My eyes have seen such beauty

I have pictures of these views

of lakes and mountains framed in ferns all summer long

and then in white when winter sweeps its crystal whiteness there

I have albums full of baby faces — laughing, sleeping, lashes long

for life has beauty everywhere
But all of these cannot compare to what is finally in view...

My pictures missed a color

never mixed on a palette

I've missed a shape no bended branch has ever sketched

I'd never before seen this depth, nor height

nor sheer intensity of Light

nor anything like this new sky:

Jesus, you have caught my eye.

— Hettie Brittz (May 2010)

Posted with permission.