So much of the Gospels, on his final week
the last days of Christ’s walk upon this earth
More important than anything before
That he died, taking on our sin
suffering the pain, the shame
setting us free, making us clean
His sorrows, the king brought low for us
love surpassing our understanding
such was the import of that week
Up into heaven, on the third day he rose
but the stain of our sin, our names engraved
remaining on the flesh of our savior
in this age and the next
December 29, 2009
Isaiah 53:3
Isaiah 53:3-5
and Day 116, “Man of Sorrows”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 12/29/09
&
Isaiah 49:16
Isaiah 49:14-16
(and see John 10:24-28)
and Day 115, “Engraved on His Hands”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read 12/28/09
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