This is My body
broken like bread for you;
this is My blood
like water shed for you.
Drink it—and wonder.
Marvel—and eat.
God torn asunder,
man made complete!
Stagger the mind
at Truth here revealed:
kneel—and be broken,
rise—and be healed.
Go out and die,
die, live, and live!
Take all He offers,
take all and give.
Here’s a remembering
to scorch and to bless:
sinners partaking
God’s righteousness.
Lord, this is my body …
Taken by permission and adapted from “Ruth Bell Graham’s Collected Poems,” by Ruth Bell Graham. ©1977, 1992, 1997, The Ruth Bell Graham Literary Trust.
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