By Elizabeth Prata
Poetry by Kay Cude. Kay Cude is a Texas poet. Used with permission.
Kay Cude poetry- Resurrection Sunday: The Depth of Salvation
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Kay Cude Poetry: In Song and In Praise
Kay Cude is a Texas Poet. Used with permission.
Artist’s statement. She has been through an extremely rough year,
“… and yet as I’ve been brought to repentance and a deeper desire to draw close to the Lord in obedience and worship, I find that some of the greatest encouragement and rest for me comes through this beautifully simple hymn! Therefore, I am compelled to share it with the redeemed as a reminder and with the lost as an encouragement to respond to a call to salvation. I am far from how I desire to be!
Dear reader, when you go through tough times, rely on the scriptures, and bathe in good hymns, too. The older ones have scripture IN them, or are closely based on scripture. Find comfort in God’s word.
Kay Cude Poetry: See Now Our Beloved Nation
Kay Cude is a Texas Poet. Used with permission
Kay Cude Poetry: When Somber Dark / Light of the World
Poetry by Texas poet Kay Cude. Used with permission
Poetry by Kay Cude: Unity in Christ
Artist’s Statement:
I was compelled to do a piece about “unity in Christ” and what Christ means, not what “we” assume He means. [The picture] is Christ the Lamb of God who manifested all that “unity” of the redeemed in God the Father and God the Son!
For more information on the topic of unity, please see Mike Oppenheimer’s (Let Us Reason) pieces on “UNITY”, “The Gospel of UNITY,” and “Unity Without Truth or Christ,”
Photo and poetry below. Used with permission.
Kay Cude: The Beast from the Earth
By Elizabeth Prata
Kay Cude is a Texas Poet. Used with permission
Kay Cude Poetry: Betrayal’s Seal
Artist’s Statement:
In this Gustave Dore print (I am really taken with his work!), I looked closely at Christ’s face and saw easily within His expression Christ’s “knowing all things” of the heart of Judas (and the like-minded).
Kay Cude is a Texas poet. Used with permission
Kay Cude poetry: The Character of Sin
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Artist’s Statement:
I was compelled to say something that spoke encouragement for “the saved to continue on,” even while recognizing and knowing the true character of sin, the taste and its aroma. Our efforts to reach the lost becomes harder each day; the news-media ridicules Christ’s redeemed, and with deceptive words, demands we not speak Gospel Truth. But we must “continue on.” I must keep fresh in my mind that previous centuries of the lost hated Christ, and that this present century of the lost will hate us (even as we the “saved” seek their rescue).
Kay Cude Poetry: The Light of Our Salvation
Artist’s statement:
For me, the lone tree speaks of God’s wonderful handiwork, not only representing His gift of nature, but brings to mind that His redeemed are not alone, but safely tucked within His Might eternally. And as the brilliance of the sun pierces boldly through the dark-ending of the storm, one thought leads me to another — remembrance of Christ’s death and resurrection. Then speaks to His beloved redeemed: the “things” of this world are now more clearly seen through the light of His Salvation! We must daily pause to remember…
Kay Cude Poetry: Desertion
Kay Cude is a poet whose sensitivity to the glorious salvation of Jesus Christ is uniquely expressed through poetry and picture. Here is her latest offering, in which she explains her thought process. Enjoy.
—————————–Kay Cude—————————–
If you look closely at the tower, you’ll see a tiny figure of someone, which refers to the statement, “As gazed I o’er the valley fair, to there below from tower high.”
That little figure caught my eye, as well as the city lighted up and the storm approaching from the left (approaching spiritual death). So I began to write. The city represents the safety of true salvation in Christ and understanding His Gospel.
The people represent those captured by a “different gospel” suggested as the “real” place of safety. Even though they “know” God’s truth — they are persuaded to run to false teaching and reject Christ.
Christ’s refuge is known to them and still stands in its truth, but when extreme peril approaches, they are convinced by someone’s whim (spiritual deception), to flee to eternal death and separation. Even the donkey digs in his heels against the “unknown” way,” and the dog barks at their sudden rejection.
Their end is eternal separation and eternal living death because they quickly deserted Christ’s truth for a distorted gospel.
