Thinking about statues and images of Jesus brought back to mind a folder of pictures I've had stashed away.
I drew these about 35 years ago, back in the day when long hair and long skirts pretty much defined my appearance.
Most of these pictures illustrate the verses of a worship song that was popular back then, With my whole heart I will praise you (this one, if you don't know it) by Graham Kendrick, drawing upon a variety of verses from the Song of Solomon. Over the years the pencil I used to write the verses out has got faint, so I'll intersperse the words of the song between the pictures.
"With my whole heart I will praise you,
Holding nothing back . . .
Hallelujah! You have made me glad and now I
Come with open arms to thank you . . .
With my heart embrace.
Hallelujah! . . .
I can see your face is smiling.
With my whole life I will serve you,
Captured by your love. Hallelujah!
Oh, amazing love! Oh, amazing love! . . .
Lord, your heart is overflowing
With a love divine. Hallelujah!
Now this love is mine for ever . . .
Now your joy has set you laughing
As you join the song . . .
Hallelujah! Heaven sings along;
I hear the voices swell to great crescendos
Praising your great love. Hallelujah!
Oh, amazing love! Oh, amazing love! . . .
Come, O Bridegroom, clothed in splendour,
My beloved One. Hallelujah!
How I long to run and meet you;
You're the fairest of ten thousand,
You're my life and breath.
Hallelujah,
Love as strong as death has won me . . .
All the rivers, all the oceans
Cannot quench this love.
Hallelujah!
Oh, amazing love! Oh, amazing love!
And then I drew two pictures to illustrate the verses of the hymn My God, how wonderful thou art, by Frederick William Faber:
"No earthly father loves like thee,
No mother, e'er so mild,
Bears and forbears as thou has done,
With me, thy wilful child."
"Yet I may love thee too, O Lord,
Almighty as thou art,
For thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart."
4 comments:
I like your images of Christ caring for his children. Really we must seem so child like to God. I don't think innocent. Most of all I truly love the angel choir.
I can remember drawing that picture — enjoying all the colours. x
I know very little about these thing Pen, but the youth and vitality of your drawings shine through - there's so much movement and joy. I guess, as with anything, over time the exuberance of anything can diminish and the value of what's left will depend on its integrity. Over the years I've really liked your emphasis on simplicity and how that's where we can find peace and truth. The little things really are the big things and it puts me in mind of T.S.Eliot when he said
'And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time'.T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding.
Battered, exhausted, and so grateful for the simple joys which reveal themselves to us - usually in nature and spirituality.
Thank you for sharing your pictures and for another thought provoking post. Deb x
Waving to you, Deb! Blessed be. x
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