More than a tattoo artist
a name written on the skin
God has engraved our names
into the flesh of his being
our names engraved on his palms
The scars of the nails
that the disciples beheld
own names embedded within
December 28, 2009
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
(Raymond A. Foss)
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