Saturday, April 15, 2017

Love's Perfected Art



Well worth the while, the smile, the mile
We think we cannot take
Well worth the share of care we bear
When suffered for love’s sake

When suffered for love’s sake, the ache
Of hands and feet and heart
Is but the price where sacrifice
Is love’s perfected art

© Janet Martin





Well worth the while,   the smile, the mile
We think we cannot take  Well worth the share of 
care we bear When suffered for love’s sake
When suffered for love’s sake, the ache
Of hands and feet and heart
Is but the price where
 sacrifice is
love’s per
-fected 
art

© Janet Martin





Well 
worth 
the while, 
the smile, 
the mile
We think 
we cannot take Well worth the share of care we bear
When suffered for love’s sake; When suffered for love’s sake, 
the ache
Of hands 
and feet 
and heart
Is but 
the price 
where 
sacrifice
Is love’s 
perfect
-ed art

© Janet Martin










Their Eyes Deceived Them...




Once
They
Thought
 It was
The
Nails
That
Kept
His blood-bathed body where on a cross His offering poured out perfect
 Love that held Him there; once they thought their hate had conquered Love
And 
Mercy
Cruc-
ified
But
They
 Could
Not
See
The
Sorrow
Of a
Father
Satisfied



© Janet Martin

As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.…
Isa.53:11 NASB


Song of Praise to Our Redeemer






Thou, whose word fills bud with flower
Thou who breathes to Being, dust
Thou of love’s infinite power
In Thy Holy Name we trust

For the way to death is certain
When this day of breath is past
Still, the grace that rent The Curtain
Is the grace that holds us fast

Sorrow, bitter for a season
Is neither victor nor chief
Thou, who grants mankind Hope’s Reason
Fathers joy in spite of grief

Thou hast suffered all we suffer
Thou who bore Thy cross, oh Lord
Obedient servant-Lover
Conquered Death through life outpoured

Praise the Holy Name of Jesus
Praise the Lamb of Calvary
Praise Him for the blood that frees us
And verifies Victory

Praise Him for the gift He gave us
Praise Jesus with every breath
Praise Him for the love that saves us
From the curse of sin and death

Praise Him, for there is none greater
Praise Him, Saviour of the soul
Praise Him, mankind’s Mediator
For the love that makes us whole

Glory, hallelujah, Jesus
Glory, hallelujah, Lord
Sing to He whose triumph frees us
Through the promise of His Word

© Janet Martin