So He Could Cover Us With Grace


Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top through the whole. So, they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast-lots for it to decide whose it will be”—
John 19:23b-24a DLNT

They stripped Him of his tunic
His seamless cloak with all the rest
Dividing up all that they could
Then gambled for the best

While above their heads He watched
As He fought His fight with death
In suffering still He loved us all
As He struggled for each breath

And when they took Him from the cross
Where He had suffered in our place
There He died for us, alone, exposed
So, He could cover us with grace


And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.
Matthew 5:40 ESV

So He Could Cover Us With Grace by Peter Caligiuri
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Author’s note: I have been intrigued by the stories of the shroud of Turin, and have watched with interest several presentations about its history. But, as I recently came upon the verse in the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus tells us to yield our tunic and cloak, I remembered how the soldiers, ruthlessly stripped Him naked and then gambled for His seamless robe. Then, I was ashamed to think that I had been drawn to stories of the cloth He may have been buried in, but never wondered about what He wore in life.

We don’t Know What He Looked Like

We don't know what He looked like

Whether He was tall and thin
If His hair was long or short
Or the color of His skin

We're only told His hands could heal
And His voice could calm the wind
And how He sometimes prayed all night
Then welcomed children close to Him

No, we don’t know what He looked like
But when darkness hid the sun
At the cross the soldiers cried out
“Truly this must be God’s Son!”

So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54 NKJV


We Don't Know What He looked Like
By Peter Caligiuri
Copyright © 2024
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Photo by David Dibert on Pexels.com

The Good Day

Why not wake with joy to greet 

The good day God has given?
Like Mourning Doves and Cardinals
Join in with songs from Heaven

The flock of turkeys in the field,
The eagle on her nest
Each has a different voice to sing
As God has chosen best

And when the hours have passed and they
Towards home begin their flight
They find a place to rest and trust
Their God to watch all night

This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 ESV



The Good Day God Has Given
by Peter Caligiuri © 2022
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