I heard Him call my name
He said I've come to save you
But I was so ashamed
I turned to walk away
But He reached out His hand
He said I have something to show you
And what I saw changed my life that day
I saw His scars
No He didn't try to hide them
He said come and look inside them
They're a window to my heart
Don't forget I love you
Just the way you are
I knew it must be true
I saw His scars
I said Lord my scars are deep
I don't want You to see them
So many of them were caused
By things I chose to do
He said look again
At the ones that I am wearing
Don't you know I chose these scars, too
I saw His scars
No He didn't try to hide them
He said come and look inside them
They're a window to my heart
Don't forget I love you
Just the way you are
I knew it must be true
I saw His scars
One day in Heaven
When we are on our knees
We'll look up to Jesus
And I believe we'll see
We'll see His scars
No He will not try to hide them
He'll say come and look inside them
They're a window to my heart
Don't forget I love you
Just the way you are
We'll know that it's true
We'll see His scars
We'll see His scars
No He will not try to hide them
He'll say come and look inside them
They're a window to my heart
Don't forget I love you
Just the way you are
And we'll know that it's true
Because He died for me and you
We'll know that it's true
We'll see His scars
He said I've come to save you
But I was so ashamed
I turned to walk away
But He reached out His hand
He said I have something to show you
And what I saw changed my life that day
I saw His scars
No He didn't try to hide them
He said come and look inside them
They're a window to my heart
Don't forget I love you
Just the way you are
I knew it must be true
I saw His scars
I said Lord my scars are deep
I don't want You to see them
So many of them were caused
By things I chose to do
He said look again
At the ones that I am wearing
Don't you know I chose these scars, too
I saw His scars
No He didn't try to hide them
He said come and look inside them
They're a window to my heart
Don't forget I love you
Just the way you are
I knew it must be true
I saw His scars
One day in Heaven
When we are on our knees
We'll look up to Jesus
And I believe we'll see
We'll see His scars
No He will not try to hide them
He'll say come and look inside them
They're a window to my heart
Don't forget I love you
Just the way you are
We'll know that it's true
We'll see His scars
We'll see His scars
No He will not try to hide them
He'll say come and look inside them
They're a window to my heart
Don't forget I love you
Just the way you are
And we'll know that it's true
Because He died for me and you
We'll know that it's true
We'll see His scars
posted by Aielunknown at 8:31 AM
9 Comments:
Wow.
It's like...an amazing poetic series.
Is this the finale, as it were?
It's beautiful, Brad.
Golly, Brad. Did you write this? That's just wonderful. It touched me. Don't be surprised if someone somewhere sometime for some reason asks to use it. Thanks for sharing it.
Who is this "book of love" the user I mean?
Great job on this poem. Or, is it a song? It seems to have a chorus. I like it a lot. If it is a song, I'd like to hear the music that goes with it. (You wrote it, right?) Keep writing!
I forgot to add that the image of His scars being a window to His heart is a really powerful message. It's very, very good. I am impressed. Most writers focus on the suffering and sacrifice, and sometimes even make Christ seem like a helpless victim. You have communicated His wounds as a freewill choice, which they were, because He loves us. The fact that He chose makes all the difference. (Thank You, Jesus!)
That's very good. I like it. Very long, with nice imagery. I'm in love with the third paragraph/stanza/thing when there's talk of self inflicted scars-- I have this image of Him smiling at his own joke...(that must sound horrible...) but you know what I mean, right?
Oh, man, that all came out bad. But it's a very deep, inspiring poem. :)
No, I did not write this! I am not that poetically oriented.
Who wrote it?
Who are these people? To ALL and any posters, PLEASE give me SOME clus as to who you are.
To answer our Anonymous friend: Ray Boltz wrote/sings it. It is a song to be exact.
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