The skin I’m in is likened to the skin around the Son of God
He bruised and bled just like me
He sweat great drops to set me free
He walked and talked
Loved and lost
In skin like mine He met the cost
The skin I’m in is like the bread
Broken now to be my food
The only one to be called good
Pressed into a chunk of wood
By nails that passed through blood and skin
Not unlike the skin I’m in
It had to be this way
Though I know not why
The Son of God came to die
He did
He hurt
He ate
He slept and wept
From town to town
Unwashed, unkept
He laughed
He drank
He sighed
He spent
Homeless nights
Without a cent
He dreamt
He was exempt
Of nothing but the sorry sin
That lives inside this skin I’m in
But that is why He came one night
Announced by stars and candlelight
In straw and earth wet with dung
The life of God has now begun
In Bethlehem to claim my sin
All wrapped in swaddling clothes
And skin.
John Fischer The Catch 
Printed the poem for my wife and she liked it so much she will have it read at the church Christmas program.
i too liked this – a lot! 🙂
This is a strong and beautiful retelling of the ultimate story.
Beautiful The Lord knew what pain humans had brought upon themselves. He embraced the human condition and having lived and died to pay the price for all. October 30th I mentioned my brother-in-law Steves battle with pancratic cancer, a month prior his tumor count was 2,222, about five weeks ago it ws at 1512, today my sister told me it ws at 678. He is still in the same skin he came in to this world with and a lot of fokes are seeing just how the Lord does work, not only threw the physical but also threw the Spirit. Praise the Lord
Gary–What wonderful news! We’ll pray for a complete and lasting recovery.
I am the original skeptic. For years I have jokingly said that I have the gift of skepticism, so when the Lord healed my extremely painful wrist, I could hardly believe it. A lady from my church, not some professional healer, prayed for my pain to be gone in Jesus name, I thanked her, sat down, and after about five minutes I thought, “I wonder..nooo, not possible”. I finally decided to try moving my hand and when I did, there was no pain whatsoever. That was about four years ago and I can do any normal thing with that hand. No pain at all. Just lots of thankful tears.
As you can tell, I now understand that God can do whatever He chooses to whomever He wishes. Did I deserve it? No. There are people suffering from things much worse than I was. I guess He just decided to show me mercy and grace. This didn’t make me love Him more, it just showed me what an awesome God we serve.
Let’s keep on praying for Steve and believing that the Lord will be glorified in the outcome.