i will be utterly naked
like he was
on that cross
..
whatever i used to cover my self will lie shredded at my feet ..
the makeup, hat, sunglasses
education, religion, colour, class, decency, wealth ..
denuded
bare-boned
soul all exposed
my heart expertly scalpeled, it's cancer blackening the floor, running ..
there is no defense
there is no plea
no legal response, justification, rationalization ..
just the accumulated thoughts and intentions
the piled-up things i did
the person i became with each added second
each look
word
just me
and him
selah
`|`
that's a sobering thought
if you believe in lifeafterlife
if you believe in God
..
i don't want anybody to see me
filthy
thief
liar
murderer
adulterer
selfish
arrogant
hateful
addicted
harbouring revenge, grudgingly
wicked
i have shattered every law of God
made a mockery of my morality
shamed the god i claimed ..
not an ounce of worthy in that skeletized me
no hope .. ?
nothing to bring
nothing to offer
..
. . . ...
and then
he will embrace me
like he did on his cross
just so
no worded interlude
no reminders
no humiliating look
or pointed finger
no blame
simply
embracing love
..
because he knows
he's been there
just there
he became the scapegoat of Atonement ..
but more ..
he became
our sin
my
sin
" God made him to be sin
he who did not know sin, never sinned
for us
so we could be made righteous before God
through him .. "
(2Cor. 5.21)
.. . . . . .
the Lord Christ
filthy
thief
liar
murderer
adulterer
selfish
arrogant
hateful
addicted
harbouring revenge, grudgingly
wicked
..
he
became
my sin
and bore them away, in his body, into the Wilderness of Noreturn ..
" we despised him
we thought God was punishing him for his own sin
and we turned away
but it was for our transgressions
our iniquities
our rebellion "
(isaiah 53)
.. the Lamb of God
`|`
the embrace of the death cross becomes the embrace of life
astounding
unthinkable
incomprehensible
it cannot be explained
only accepted
a gift with no comprehensible explanation
grace
selah
`|`
if that is what Jesus did
for me
what then is my 'reasonable' response
?
pure adoration
pure gratitude
pure service
pure love
overflowing abundant life now in this overwhelming abundant love
disciple
..
if then Jesus did that
for me
in my wickedness
what then is my response to my neighbour
?
my homeless neighbour
my blackasianindianmexicansyrian neighbour
my refugee neighbour
my alien neighbour
my hindujewishbrahmanatheist neighbour
my muslim neighbour
?
..
i wash their feet
in Jesus' name
.. . . .. . ... .
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