This Blog entry covers the following two lines:
I was on his mind
A look of love was on his face
Reflecting back on my last Blog, it is still so difficult to imagine the suffering Christ endured solely for us.What is on your mind today?
If you are like me, you have so many things you are thinking about and so many things going on; that it is hard to focus on what needs to get done right now, what can be done later today, and what can be pushed off until tomorrow or even later. Our activities and our thoughts are often driven by family, other people, our jobs, illness, daily news, our to-do items, and the list goes on. Many times we have trouble sleeping because our mind is constantly on and thinking about what we didn’t get done today, what we forgot to do, and what we need to do tomorrow. Maybe some of us are enduring physical pain and are struggling just to make it through each day until we hopefully feel better and get well. In all of these situations, it is very challenging to maintain our focus because of all of these issues and distractions.
Jesus was on the cross and his body was wracked with pain and knowing that his time was coming to an end. Through it all, each of us as individuals were on his mind; note the song says “I” was on his mind. He knew that what he was doing was for each of us, he had nothing to gain since he knew he would soon be heading back home after another short period on this land. Even without any personal gain, and despite all of the pain; we were still the most important thing to him and overcame all of this and focused on each of us.
One of the amazing thoughts put forward in this song is that the next line, “A look of love was on his face.” It would be easy to look down and show anger and hatred to those who were laughing at him, mocking him, and those who participated in nailing him to the cross. Jesus loves everyone regardless of what they do to him or say about him. He only knows love since He is love. I wonder how some of the mockers felt as they looked into the face of Jesus and saw that love in his eyes, perhaps many of them felt ashamed and turned away. Perhaps some went to Mary or a follower of Jesus to find out more about why they followed Him, why they loved Him, and why Jesus looked as if He even loved those who had tortured him and were now killing him. Maybe one of those who had been ridiculing him accepted him that day as the Son of God and the only way to eternal life.
It was not the words of Jesus that day that grabbed the attention of the people, it was the lack of words and the Look of Love.