Piercing Your Heart

See Luke 2:29-32

“Now, my Lord, Your promise met

I may in peace go home,

For long awaited promises

Today my eyes behold.

Salvation in an infant’s face

Prepared before each tribe and race

Revealing light of saving grace

Israel’s glory foretold”

“This child will cause the fall and rise

Of many in this land,

A sign for opposition

From the lowly and the grand.

A sword will pierce your very soul

The inmost thoughts of many show

You, blessed to bear Him, blessed to mourn,

Hold Him with open hand.”

Of Hope and Rhymes