Exhausted

It's Morning, Jesus

You bore the pain.

You bore the full load of sin

You went to the end, to utter exhaustion.

Yet, you loved.

You forgave.

"He was despised and rejected..."

Did some despise you for your love, Lord?

Did some reject your overflowing cup of mercy?

Did some consider as weakness, the strength of love?

Yet, in your redemptiive work, and redemptive vision from the cross,

Even they were loved.

"Father, forgive them" you said.

"They don't know what they do."

So today, Lord,

I pray for all who need love

And fear love

Who have not received love

And cannot give love

Who need love

And cannot trust love.

"It's good that you exist", you said to man in the garden.

And it was so good, that you gave your life to restore fallen man.

Fill my eyes with that vision of your creative, affirming love, Lord Jesus

I want to see the world with your eyes.

Amen