“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered,
was all for sinners’ gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression,
but Thine the deadly pain.
Category: Compassion
Job 25–26: Feeble Friends & A Holy God
“What a help you are
to the one without power!
How you have saved
the arm without strength!
What counsel you have given
to one without wisdom!”
Mark 3–4: Hard Hearts & Unbelief
And He woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still.”
Read MoreJob 23–24: Testing & Times
But He knows the way I take;
When He has tested me,
I shall come forth as gold.”
Psalms 33–35: Joy & Deliverance
He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the lovingkindness
of Yahweh.
Genesis 44–47: Repentance & Restoration
Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
Read MoreJob 21–22: False Answers & Accusations
“How then will you vainly comfort me,
Indeed when your answers remain
full of falsehood?”
Isaiah 53: Redemption
As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
Job 19–20: Abandoned & Alone
“My kinsmen have gone away,
my friends have forgotten me.”
Kindling for Candles 