DAILY?READINGS: Numbers 4; Proverbs 1; Mark 14:1-26
The print of the nails. John 20:25
They pierced my hands and my feet. Psalm 22:16
Iron-smelting furnaces have been found in many legionary fortresses throughout the old Roman Empire. Indeed the success of the Roman Empire in its pursuit of world domination was in no small part due to its expertise in the production of iron and shaping implements and weapons from it. Among the many crafted items that they developed were iron nails—large and jagged items. These horrible implements were used to nail him there. In love He stayed. —Brian Powlesland
Was it the nails that bound Thee, Lord Jesus to the tree,
Nay t’was thine everlasting love, Thy love to me, to me.
Oh help me understand it, help me to take it in,
What it meant to Thee the Holy One, to bear away my sin.
—Author Unknown