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Scarlet Lady
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since 2000-02-11
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0 posted 2000-03-14 07:38 AM


Although her stains were many
Her reputation scorned
He never saw that part of her
He knew she could be reborn
  
His eyes would pierce right through
Ugliness too hard to miss
Melted only by acceptance
Embraced by love's kiss
  
No one else wanted
The part he took to hold
They only wanted to use her
Then would stand to scold
  
Years of being trapped
In sin and condemning voices
Drove her to her knees
Showed her other choices
  
Saved from herself
She knew this was no ordinary John
She caught a glimpse
She knew it was a new dawn
  
As her torn dress began to unravel
And  her painted face hot with tears
He took away all of the dirtiness
She had felt for so many years
  
She  never had a love such as this
A man who did not buy
Instead he only gave freely
She wondered why?
  
As she let herself open
And listened with an intent
The years of being unloved
This man alone would circumvent
  
He saved her from her accuser's
And gave her a new start
He did it so miraculously
When he gave her a new heart

© Copyright 2000 Lynne - All Rights Reserved
ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
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King of Prussia, PA USA
1 posted 2000-03-14 08:05 AM


Dear Illusion; What a glorious poem of the unconditional Love and redemption of our Lord. You made His Love shine so brightly through you gifted poetic words. Thank you! Love, Ellie

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Songbird
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since 1999-12-15
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Missouri
2 posted 2000-03-14 08:47 AM


Very nice piece of work, and so wonderfully true.
sandgrain
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since 1999-09-21
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Sycamore, IL, USA
3 posted 2000-03-14 10:12 AM


Great work depicting where sin abounds, grace abounds more and that He knows what we have need of.  Thank you.
Aiden Kelly
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since 2000-02-14
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Ft. Wayne, IN USA
4 posted 2000-03-14 05:26 PM


wow.  i love the way you've written this!  i can feel her pain, and her joy.  how glorious to feel so loved!   )  did you have John 8:1-11 in mind when you wrote this?  or perhaps the woman who washed Jesus' feet?  
rwood
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since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793
Tennessee
5 posted 2000-03-14 06:56 PM


Dear Illusion, Thank you so much for spelling out the love and compassion in this poem by how he saw  a persons beauty and worth beyond the scars and the outer shell. Not only to overcome the sin of herself but to strengthen against sin of others. He gave her back herself renewed in him. I loved this!
Sincerely,
Rwood

deleeme
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766
NEW ENGLAND, USA
6 posted 2000-03-14 08:00 PM


the othershave already said, I'm inclined to agree with them. Thank for the Lovely poem here.  David
Denise
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7 posted 2000-03-14 10:29 PM


Wonderful poem, Illusion! Only He can love us like that!

Denise

WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245
Illinois
8 posted 2000-03-14 11:19 PM


Ya know it has a sadness to it, but also a love like we'll never find in anyone else. You have a way of putting it in verse. Very well done!!
Scarlet Lady
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since 2000-02-11
Posts 242
Midwest
9 posted 2000-03-15 09:20 AM


Thank you all for your wonderful comments!!  

When I wrote this poem, I had a woman of course in mind. This was  inspired by   the love  Jesus would show for "stained" women that society rejects, while he embraces.  I thought about him going out of his way to reach out to the woman at the well, his mercy on the adultress, and how he openly  accepted the woman who anointed his feet.  I wrote this poem portraying a prostitute (that is why the statement, "She knew this was no ordinary "John").   I can see her wondering in the back of her mind, if this man too wanted to use her like all of the rest.  I had women like Mary Magdalene in mind.  I included some research done about the story in Luke 7:37-50.  Thanks for taking the time to read!

Luke 7:37-50

The Scriptures do not describe her illness. Mary Magdalene has been associated with the "woman in the city who was a sinner" who washed Jesus' feet, but there is no scriptural basis for this. According to the TALMUD (the collection of Rabbinic writings that make up the basis of religious authority for traditional Judaism), the city of Magdala had a reputation for prostitution. This information, coupled with the fact that Luke first mentions Mary Magdalene immediately following his account of the sinful woman , has led some to equate the two women. (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
(Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

MARY
Mary Magdalene is also often associated with the woman whom Jesus saved from stoning after she had been taken in adultery -- again an association with no evidence. We do know that Mary Magdalene was one of those women who having "been healed of evil spirits and infirmities," provided for Jesus and His disciples "from their substance" .
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
(Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

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