Every time we look at the cross, Christ seems to say to us, 'I am here because of you. It is your sin I am bearing, your curse I am suffering, your debt I am paying, your death I am dying.' Nothing in history or in the universe cuts us down to size like the cross. All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousness, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size.
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#1 · January 12, 2010, 3:20 pm

Posted by: jas <jas@...>

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HOW OFTEN DID THEY CRY
by J. Randal Matheny

O Lord, listen to me!
Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
Psa 130:2 NET

How often did they cry to the Lord for aid,
Great men of God, of faith and strength?
With them, my Lord, I plead!
Oh, hear me! See my need!
No depth, no height, no distance, no length
Is great to him whose grace Christ displayed.

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I explain the structure of this poem here, as well as a
connection with Psalms and Lamentations:
randalmatheny.com/2010/01/12/how-often-did-they-cry/

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