THE WOUNDS OF MY FRIEND JESUS

Written and posted by Jean-Louis http://theligthnseed.blogspot.com 

"Better is an open rebuke than hidden love.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend."

Proverbs 27: 5,6.

To my friend Terry

Oh, Jesus my very best friend

Your love for me has no end

You prove it to me when

You open up a festering wound

With the sharp edge of your sword

Then wash it clean to make me holy,
Without stain, wrinkle or blemish
Cleansing me with the pure water of your word.

When I gaze upon your face
 Eternity fills my soul’s empty space,

Earthly sorrow becomes a gain

When grace and truth meet up close
And righteousness and peace kiss each other
I better understand your grand purpose

In the light of the truth of your word.

Slowly, the needle point, holy piercing hurts

In your loving hand I trust;

Stitches and knots, compassion’s handiwork

The ugly tear mending

With the painful truth of your word.

The wounds you give me, gratefully I receive

My hopes fulfilled, your promises kept,

I rest in you, I need not fret.

The wings of your wind bring healing;

My fragmented life becomes whole and authentic

When I believe the eternal truth of your word.

Your wounds were left open

But mine gently closed without blame.

You poured on them the balm of Gilead

To cover up sin’s shame

With the healing truth of your word.

I, like Ephraim was deceived

Without any hope of being free.

In your mercy Father, you sent your word

With a command my chains you broke

Opening the door of freedom forever

With the powerful truth of your word.

My head you anoint with your sacred oil

Now sorrow turns into great joy,

Mourning into dancing, darkness into light

The spirit of heaviness alight.

All these hidden treasures are found

With the key given to all your children

Who love and keep the truth of your word.

Gen 32: 31; Deut 32:39;  Psalm 38:1,2,5;  85:10,11; 119:67-71; Prov: 27:5,6; Jeremias 8:21,22;10:19,20; 14:19; 15:18,19; Hosea 6:1

June 2011

Jean-Louis