This year, I focused on Jesus' Hands and Feet, from the manger to the ministry, from His death to His resurrection and beyond. I hope whoever reads it not only enjoys it, but gets some meaning out of it.
Hands
and Feet of the Savior
His Feet were kicking, His Toes
wriggling, as Joseph tickled His Soles
These Feet that would walk on water and
be torn by gruesome holes
His tiny Hand grasped a finger of His
Blessed Mother Mary
This Hand that would one day cure the
infirm, and burden a cross to carry
These same Feet would take Jesus
throughout the Middle East
And into the Judean desert to be
tempted by the beast
They’d wade into the Jordan River; John
anointed Him there
And twice they were washed with a
woman’s tears, adoringly dried with her hair
They crouched in Gethsemane; He prayed
the cup be taken from His hand
Then through the dirt and nailed to a
cross, caked with blood and sand
And yet His death, by God’s design,
should not be counted as loss
For these are the Feet we fall before
as we kneel at the foot of the cross
The strong Hands of Jesus were
calloused as He learned the carpentry trade
They calmed a storm, and saved Peter’s
life, when he was sore afraid
His hands held sacred scrolls He taught
from, and children so guiltless and sweet
They summoned His disciples, and later
washed their feet
They healed the sick, the blind, the lame,
and even brought back the dead
And revealed who was His betrayer: The one with whom He dipped bread
His Hands endured being tied and bound,
yet still with a noble grace
And lifeless, lifted by His mother, to
touch her tear-stained face
And then these once still Hands would
roll away a mighty stone!
And He showed all those who doubted Him
they were made of flesh and bone
His Wonderful Hands and Glorious Feet
now reign in Heaven above
The same Hands that will one day
welcome us Home with Friendship, Warmth, and Love!
Let them welcome you this Christmas!
-
Gary Van Buren
Christmas 2012
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