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What is man

That you are mindful of him?

The son of man

That you care for him?

- Psalm 8:4

Defaced,

Once priceless,

A masterpiece

Now horror-ridden,

Sorrow-riven:

A masterpiece

Without a price

Now stained,

Defaced.

To begin with,

If we are worthless,

Then trivial is the Fall;

We would be

Trinkets broken –

To be tossed

Without a shrug

But we were Imago Dei,

Now defaced.

A masterpiece,

The very image of God.

To end with,

You will paint us worthy.

Once, with painful

Priceless blood.

The Fall

—To be reversed—

A new

Masterpiece

Must be broken

—To paint us worthy—

Sacrificed,

Crucified

Greater than the stars,

Greater than the sea,

Higher than the moon

and mountain ranges,

Are your thoughts of me

In my sin, you are still mindful...

Still mindful...

...Of me