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From: SPark
Date: Tue Mar 22 12:01:47 EDT 2011
Subject: Jesus of the Scars

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Karen: Wow! (3/22/11)

SPark: source (3/24/11)

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SPark: source (3/24/11)
Karen: Wow! (3/22/11)

If we have never sought, we seek Thee now;
Thine eyes burn through the dark, our only stars;
We must have sight of thorn-pricks on Thy brow;
We must have Thee, O Jesus of the Scars.
The heavens frighten us; they are too calm;
In all the universe we have no place.
Our wounds are hurting us; where is the balm?
Lord Jesus, by Thy Scars we claim Thy grace.
If when the doors are shut, Thou drawest near,
Only reveal those hands, that side of Thine;
We know today what wounds are; have no fear;
Show us Thy Scars; we know the countersign.
The other gods were strong, but Thou wast weak;
They rode, but Thou didst stumble to a throne;
But to our wounds only God’s wounds can speak,
And not a god has wounds, but Thou alone.
- Edward Shillito (1872-1948)
(I came across this poem today and my heart wept)

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From: Karen
Date: Tue Mar 22 14:33:35 EDT 2011
Subject: Wow!

Beautiful poem. Who was this writer? How did you come across this? Thanks for sharing this.

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From: SPark
Date: Wed Mar 23 20:09:10 EDT 2011
Subject: source

The poem was posted on a blog I read called "A Holy Experience" (as in "Our life is a holy experience")
If you want to visit the site then click
here
All I could find about the author in a quick internet search is "Edward Shillito was an English minister who survived the horrors of artillery, machine guns, and trench warfare during World War I."

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