Given Up For You

Given Up for You The 5”x7”, 8”x10”, and 11”x14” Prints come with the meditation printed on the back. The larger prints do not. Meditation and painting by Leanne Bowen Oh little host, I raise so gently into the air. Bread, so humble and fragile. Yet, hardly bread at all. It is so tangibly You, Jesus. I feel You are close to me, with me. As potent as someone gazing right back at me. Your wisdom fills me, Your joy hardly contained within my chest. I know You are truly present and transfiguring this bread and wine into Your very heart. I believe Your words are true, Jesus. You promise, “This is my body, which will be given up for you.” Your body, in my worn hands? Given up for all the world? I am unworthy. We are unworthy to receive You, the King of all the earth. I feel the depths of Your mercy rush in, pouring out of my hands onto each of our hearts. You redeem Your people, Lord. Your mercy is tangible. Your sacrifice allows us to draw close to You despite everything we are not. The war