Daily Worship

I take Grace for granted when I diminish it

Alec Shuttleworth March 06, 2014 0 0

Mark 15: 33-34

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)

The little cross round necks
Silver
Beautifully crafted.
The jewelled crosses I see in the church
The intricacies of the design of the Celtic Cross

Lord, help me never to forget
That this is not a trinket
A charm
An adornment

But an instrument of torture
On which the broken spirit cried out
Eloi Eloi lema sabchthani.

Here where you were disgraced
Grace was bought for me.

Amen

 

written by Rev Alec Shuttleworth
Tulliallan and Kincardine Parish Church