Wednesday March 28th: ’Exchange’
He swapped my shirt of sin
for his
of grace,
of holiness.
My disobedient number He now wears
with pride,
while I
wear his (occasionally
or not);
I stain it, muddy it,
but it is
His,-
Pure Grace
that scored and scored again
against my pride.
I played to Dis-Obey,-
scored goals against my Self, my Team,-
but He
is on our side,
Full Forward to
New Life.
Olé is now my cry,
not tears.
He wears my shirt
with joy
and I wear His.
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(Reflection on 2 Corinthians 5:21)
Seamus Devitt C.Ss.R.
(Photo: The US’s Claudio Reyna and the Czech Republic’s Pavel Nedved exchange shirts at last summer’s World Cup.)