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Dagger Heart

I see my heart full of daggers directed outward and ready to cut and pierce any who would dare draw near to hold it. And then I see Jesus drawing near, allowing himself to be cut and pierced as he embraces me. This is exactly what God did on the cross. As Isaiah says, “he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.” The death and descent of Jesus was the hand of God taking hold of my dagger heart and bearing my wounds, but not only was he inflicted by my wounds, but also by the weapons I use to guard them.

God is unimaginably gracious.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 at 8:54 am and is filed under Proclamation, The Cross, The Struggle. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Responses to “Dagger Heart”

  1. Roger Green  
    Wrote the following comment on February 29th, 2012 at 2:31 am #

    Now I have Handel stuck in my head. Which ISN’T the worst thing.

  2. Anthony Velez  
    Wrote the following comment on March 2nd, 2012 at 1:54 pm #

    I assume you are specifically talking about Handel’s Messiah, but I am wondering if any particular part of Messiah comes to mind, or is it just the mere fact that it was inspired the by Isaiah?

  3. Roger Green  
    Wrote the following comment on March 2nd, 2012 at 2:02 pm #

    Especially the beginning of Part II
    22. Behold the Lamb of God (chorus)
    23. He was despised (alto)
    24. Surely he has borne our griefs (chorus)
    25. And with his stripes we are healed (chorus)
    26. All we like sheep have gone astray (chorus)

  4. K.L.B.  
    Wrote the following comment on March 12th, 2012 at 1:30 pm #

    “I see my heart full of daggers directed outward and ready to cut and pierce any who would dare draw near to hold it.”

    Does Paula know that?

    How does she help you to overcome that personality flaw & character defect?