More than a tattoo artist
a name written on the skin;
God has engraved our names
into the flesh of His being
our names engraved on His
palms
The scars of the nails
that the disciples beheld
own names embedded within
the flesh of the Christ
never to forget the cost of
our sin
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edited July 11, 2015
The Scars of the Nails – v2
December 28, 2009
The Scars of the Nails
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
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