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<\/a><\/p>\nINCOGNITO<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
He came in incognito,<\/p>\n
A thinly veiled disguise<\/p>\n
The not so subtle son of man,<\/p>\n
A human with God\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
The messianic secret,<\/p>\n
Left many unawares<\/p>\n
A God had walked upon the earth<\/p>\n
And shared our human cares.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
We did not see his glory,<\/p>\n
At least not at first glimpse,<\/p>\n
It took an Easter wake up call,<\/p>\n
Before it all made sense.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
The truth of Incarnation,<\/p>\n
Of dwelling within flesh,<\/p>\n
Shows goodness in creation,<\/p>\n
And Word of God made fresh.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Standing on the boundary<\/p>\n
Twixt earth and heaven above<\/p>\n
A Jew who hailed from Nazareth<\/p>\n
But came from God\u2019s great love.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Born of humble parents,<\/p>\n
Installed inside a stall<\/p>\n
This king required no entourage<\/p>\n
No pomp or falderal<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
No person was beneath him<\/p>\n
No angel o\u2019er his head,<\/p>\n
He came to serve the human race<\/p>\n
To raise it from the dead.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
His death a great conundrum,<\/p>\n
How can the Deathless die?<\/p>\n
But if he had not bowed his head,<\/p>\n
Life would have passed us by.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though we are dying to be loved,<\/p>\n
And long for endless life,<\/p>\n
He was dying in his love,<\/p>\n
And thereby ending strife.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the incognito<\/p>\n
Belongs instead to us,<\/p>\n
Who play at being human,<\/p>\n
And fail to be gold dust.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
But there was once a God-man<\/p>\n
Who played the human\u2019s part<\/p>\n
And lived and died and rose again<\/p>\n
Made sin and death depart.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yes now through a glass dimly,<\/p>\n
We see the visage royal<\/p>\n
And feebly honor his great worth<\/p>\n
And his atoning toil.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
We cannot see his Spirit,<\/p>\n
But moved by its effects<\/p>\n
We are inspired to praise his worth<\/p>\n
And pay our last respects.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet that too brings him glory<\/p>\n
That too makes a start,<\/p>\n
The journey of a million miles<\/p>\n
Begins within one\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
And someday we shall see him<\/p>\n
And fully praise his grace,<\/p>\n
Someday when heaven and earth collide<\/p>\n
And we see face to face.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
He comes in blinding brilliance,<\/p>\n
A not so veiled disguise<\/p>\n
The not so subtle Son of God,<\/p>\n
A God with human eyes.<\/p>\n
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