To Remember Our Names

God, never to forget
like the rainbow after the flood
a reminder of his promise
the scars, the names of all humanity
engraved on the palms of his hands
Our savior, a living memory
the sacrifice he made for us
on the cross of Calvary


December 28, 2009
Isaiah 49:16
Isaiah 49:14-16
(and see John 10:24-28)
and Day 115, “Engraved on His Hands”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false