Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus
OMG!
Photo By: Flickr/Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P.
Oh, my God!
Just look at the stripes sliced into your back.
One by one by one by one –
each one the price of my sins
crisscrossed across your ravaged flesh,
each oozing blood fashioned from my whoredom,
my blasphemies, my pervasive rebellion against you.
And against others.
Oh my God!
How can it be that you should die
in such a way
for such a one as I?
Oh my God!
What can I say for the scars of my sins carved into your body?
What can I say for those silent reminders to me,
if not also to you,
of your incomprehensible love for me.
Oh my God, thank you, Lord, for saving my soul.
Oh my God, thank you, Lord, for making me whole.
Oh my God, thank you, Lord, for giving to me your great salvation
so rich and free –
Free for me.
But not free for you.
About the Author
Richard Maffeo was born into a Jewish home in the early 1950s. In 1972 he discovered Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, and he dove into his awakened faith with a passion that continues to this present day. Richard spent 33 years in evangelical Protestant churches until he realized God was calling him to the Catholic Church. He was received into the Church in 2005. He has written three books, writes a blog, and teaches several bible studies each week at 55+ communities. You can find his blog at www.inhimonly.blogspot.com. You can find him on Facebook by searching for his name.
Richard and his wife Nancy are married 47 years. They have three grown children.
