Thursday, April 5, 2012

What a Beautiful Savior! Shoes


The head, 
weary and beaten, a circle of thorns pressed into its bloody brow. 
The face,
 full of  agony from severe and unrelenting pain.
 Gasps for breath.
 Arms,
 stretched out wide and held in place with spikes driven through the hands.
 A body,
 beaten and bruised, scarred and bloody.
Feet,
stationary and held together with another spike.
And blood.
Everywhere.

Isaiah 53: 2 - 4 states:
"...He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not."

No physical beauty, true. Yet there is no greater beauty to a sinner in need of forgiveness. This bloody beaten man, the Son of God, displays the beauty of redemption: precious blood willingly given to cover our sins.

Isaiah 53: 5 - 6 continues:
"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed."
Sisters, there is the beauty! His wounds bring healing. At this wonderful time of year, take time to remember the wondrous atonement offered to us through Jesus. Wash and be healed.

Marvel at the Beauty.
 
 

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