The Man of Flesh
In the garden when He wept
Great drops of blood
Agony sweat
He knows our sorrow
He knows our grief
Jesus Christ
The Compassionate Priest
In our own Gethsemane Prayer
He comes to us
He meets us there
In our sorrow
In our grief
Jesus Christ is the Compassionate Priest.
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"While Jesus was here on earth, he offered up prayers and pleadings with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him. And God designated him to be a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek."
(Hebrews 5: 7-10)
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I have more questions than answers
I am just the storyteller
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Love divine, all loves excelling
Joy of heaven to earth come down
Fix in us thy humble dwelling
All thy faithful mercies crown
Jesus, thou are all compassion
Pure unbounded love you are
Visit us with your salvation
Enter every trembling heart
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Prayer
As I kneel before your throne
I am yours
Yours alone
You chose the pathway to the cross
You surrendered yourself
You knew the cost
The easy path
You did not seek
You are the compassionate Priest
Remind me of the Man of Flesh
May I never forget
With loud cries, tears and pleadings
Always submitting, forever yielding
He gave Himself up
He Left the throne
The Man of flesh
Made me His own!
/ j.smith, 2021
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