33, 4-3 SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, GWEN ALLEN INTERVIEW (12/3/2021)
Revised 11/30/21
Today we are interviewing Gwen Allen. Gwen is the young woman whose drawings inspired the poems in the last chapter of Living in God’s Rhyme.
PRE-INTERVIEW DSCUSSION
INTERVIEW
Poem read during interview (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 197, ©2018 by Tim Carter)
POST-INTERVIEW DISCUSSION
Here are a couple of more poems inspired by Gwen’s drawings.
PROTECTED FOREVER AND EVER, pg. 199
The rain falls from the sky.
Some days we wonder why
No matter how we try
We cannot help but cry.
Yes, the world rains down
With trials and tribulations,
As we are thinking we may drown
In the sorrows of temptation.
Let us not worry and fret.
A prayer has been said,
The way He has led,
The path He has set.
Before the cross came a prayer.
“While I have been with them,
I protected them and kept the safe
by that name you gave me.” (John 17:12, NIV)\
Then He died for our sins
Knowing we would stray.
The rain would pour down,
Our faith washed away.
Even in those moments, if we do believe,
Because of His love we need never grieve.
Through His death and resurrection
We have eternal His protection.
Yes, even those moments
We lose sight of our faith’s face,
By the words of our faith
We are saved by God’s grace.
Believe,
Accept,
Profess
Jesus, the King whose reign
Protects us in our weakness.
Our faith may fail,
But He never will.
WHICH EVER WAY THE WIND WILL BLOW, pg. 207
A storm, a boat, the disciples with Jesus . . .
He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,
“Quiet! Be Still!” Then the wind died down
And it was completely calm. (Mark 4:39. NIV)
When there is a gentle breeze
Then we find a life of ease,
But when the wind will blow
Does our spirit sink low?
It is at those times
When facing life’s storms,
With the wind at our face
As we run our life’s race,
We feel tattered and torn,
We lose track of His rhyme.
It in these times of trial
We must remember our faith.
When the acrid taste of bile
Rises we must remember our place.
God is on our side,
So we never need to hide.
We have His gentle breath
On which we can rest.
The Holy Spirit moves
As a gentle breeze,
Calming the winds,
Restoring our faith.
It is the breath of God,
It is His Word at creation
That calms the storms
Yesterday,
Today and
Tomorrow.
We just have to believe.
Ask, pray and we shall receive.
With God we can weather the storm.
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