The Christ Looks Down

by Grace Noll Crowell

I believe that from the portico of heaven

The Christ looks down upon our world today

And weeps as once He wept above a city

Where sin ran rife and men had gone astray.

There is heartbreak in the words that He has uttered,

There sorrow in the tears that He has shed;

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often I would

have gathered you . . .!” The words He said~

Still echo down the centuries to reach us

Who, too, have failed the loving Christ again—

“I would have gathered you so often—but ye would not.”

And He weeps once more above the ways of men.

There is only one hope for the world this hour;

O men, O women, O ye wicked cities,

Turn to the Lord and find His saving power.

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Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened,

that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy,

that it cannot hear:  Isaiah 59:1

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