Saturday, March 24, 2012

Grace







Anyway
Nicole Nordeman

'Bless the day
this restoration is complete
Dirty dusty something must be underneath
So I scrape and I scuff
Though it's never quite enough
I'm starting to see me finally

Gallery of paintings new and paintings old
I guess it's no surprise that I'm no Michael Angelo
Every layer of mine hides a lovely design
It might take a little patience
It might take a little time

But you called me beautiful 
When you saw my shame 
And you placed me on the wall
anyway'

*****

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.

Isaiah 53:5 

(NIV)