The Lord will work out his plans for my life— for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for you made me.
Psalm 138:8
He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.
Isaiah 53:3
Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!”
John 19:5
We avert our eyes, suffering Lord. We avoid looking at you in the hungry, homeless, and hopeless. We do not want to see you broken and vulnerable. And yet, how can we help but behold you, to see your love, your desire to be one of us, your desire to save us? Amen.
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