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Stand at the foot of the
cross
and look up into
the face of Jesus,¹
gazing
down in love upon you as He²
Did His mother and John
ages
and ages since, "This
is your son,"
and "This
is your mother. Be as one!"
What in His face did they
see?
As He hung from all
brokenness,
a bloody
brow, and many a bruise,
Jesus' gaze caught their
own,³
and held it long,
with eyes a water,
a greater
light within them did glow.
But it was the narrowing
eyes
and radiating lines
from the corners
that
sealed the deal and He went home.
Isaiah 53:3
John 19:25-27
¹"Turn
Your Eyes Upon Jesus," Helen
Howarth Lemmel
²Falling
in love begins when we exchange
a look of recognition with
another person
that invites us to do the
same.
³"The
Look of Love," Burt Bacharach and
Hal David
"Jesus looked at me with
love, knowing my
heart inside and out, my
failures better
than I admit them to myself,
and yet He
still looked at me with
indescribable love.
His look burned itself into
my heart. I had
never seen or experienced
such love, com-
municated by a mere facial
expression. I
wanted forever to gaze into
that face." |
