slip this skin

Early morning April 4, a shot rings out in the memphis sky, free at last they took your life...they could not take your pride.--U2

And then Jesus breathed his last breath, gave up his spirit, and finally at last this is over, 'it is finished'. And if someone strikes you on your cheek then turn the other cheek; and they might strike you again and again perhaps 40 times or maybe more until you are bruised and battered and unrecognizable.

I was bruised and battered
And I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window
I didn't know my own face

Oh brother are you gonna leave me wasting away
On the streets of Philadelphia

I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia

Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin

The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia

They can even kill you in the end; and they might; but they cannot take your pride, your faithfulness, your love. And Jesus bowed his head and said 'into your hands I commend my spirit'

My clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip the skin

Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I am free at last

'Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation'

And in the end of the very end Israel did just that. She kept the covenant in the One seed. And in ths way it all came to pass that the covenant was fulfilled and she is truly 'God's special treasure'...and her name will be called Jesus.

In the end these three remain...faith, hope, and love and the greatest of these is love. But what do we know of love? We will be shown. We will see? What we don't know we can discover in the relationship of Father, Lover, and Spirit...for God who is three is really One in love.