"grace mixed with faith and love
poured over me and into me
and it's all because of
Jesus"
1 Timothy 1:14
words so profound I keep reading them
as I try to wrap my heart around them
I see a cross
I am struck anew...
Jesus...for me...
love fathomless
compassion indescribable
for me...
as He walked the very ground He created
out of love for you and me
His life was not unlike that of a rose...
a beautiful crimson dew covered rose
growing from a small bud fresh
to a flower mature
some saw the beauty exquisite
opening up hearts
to receive the rose
to follow in His steps
as He gazed up into the heavens
at the stars He hung in place
He was living the sacrifice...
as He loved gave healed touched forgave
His life was slowly dropping petals...
as they fell many were crushed
beneath the feet of the ones
created by His hand
the very ones into whom He breathed His breath of life
rejected the Rose
trampling all of the
crimson red petals
into the ground
as He was hanging on a cross
fashioned from a tree He created
His crimson blood flowed for you for me
the rose's thorny stem twisted to form a crown
a crown piercing skin
crimson blood poured out for you for me
grace mixed with faith and love
poured over me and into me
and all because of Jesus
because He died because He arose because He lives
that grace pours over you and over me
He invites you and me
to accept that grace that love
journey with Him beyond the cross
to live in the love story
to live in His love light
to fall into His arms
to dance to laugh to live
remember always that in embracing the Rose
the thorns will inevitably pierce
as we walk this life
yet His grace will cover and heal
and comfort
all because of Jesus
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