Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Wicked Hands

Wicked hands seized Jesus. Wicked hands beat Him. Wicked hands tore out His beard. Wicked hands nailed Him to the cross. Wicked hands pierced His side. All of this happened to our Savior. The Father was watching and allowing the whole thing. He went through that for me, a sinner. If I was the only person He had to endure all that for, He still would have done it. What kind of love is that? After all this suffering, wicked hands would touch Him no more. The wicked hands did what they could do, being limited the whole time. Not a bone in His body was broken....what an amazing thing! Wicked hands did a lot to Jesus, but they were limited. Now wicked hands can touch Him no more, but only the loving hands of the Father. I can't wait until the time when wicked hands will touch us no more....

1 comment:

Alex said...

Very poetic, Justin. The first couple of lines sounded like they could work as lyrics to a song...any takers? Anyway, Yeah, I like the thought of Jesus taking the beating, even if it were just for one of us, but I think your best point is the limitation of his persecutors. We'd probably see this better in matthew than in mark, about how it all took place to fulfill the prophecies. It's cool to recognize that God, in his "weakest" moment was in control of all things.