Throughout history, There are no sacred images of Christ smiling. Life in this

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CHRIST’S SORROW by Dawn Pisturino. Click on photo to rea…

CHRIST’S SORROW by Dawn Pisturino. Read the poem….

by Dawn Pisturino

A Sonnet

I was not born for pleasure but for pain;

For blood and thorns and thirst beneath the sun;

And ev’ry man who doubts I am the One

Has lost the only treasure he could gain.

Blasted with hate, betrayed, and marked like Caine,

My fate was sealed; nor was there place to run.

Standing trial and defended by none,
The case was clear; acquittal was in vain.
You hung me high; you nailed me to the cross;
On either side, the outcasts hung with me.

O enemies mine, I died on that hill
With bitterest gall; but mourn not my loss:

You have helped fulfill my great destiny.

My pain is this:–You do not love me still.

September 16, 1986
Won Honorable Mention in New Golden Poetry Contest, World of Poetry. Published in New American Poetry Anthology, 1988. Won 1988 GOLDEN POET AWARD.
Copyright 2012 Dawn Pisturino. All Rights Reserved

11 thoughts on “Throughout history, There are no sacred images of Christ smiling. Life in this”

  2. I was told the only picture of “Laughing Jesus” I ever saw was produced by Playboy.
    The scriptures called Him “man of sorrows, acquainted with grief” even though joy was set before Him that made Him willing to endure the shame and pains of the Cross.

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    1. A Laughing Jesus produced by a Playboy or the Magazine? Any outward, frivolous regard for our Lord is blasphemous vanity.

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  3. Peter made the Lord Smile, Read the scriptures and I am sure that you will agree.

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  4. The ONLY picture (when I was living sinfully) I have ever seen of a “laughing Jesus” was from Playboy. That should tell you something. 
    “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
    Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
    Isaiah 53:3-5

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    1. Playboy huh? What a mockery. 😪

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  5. The ONLY picture I have ever seen of a “laughing Jesus” was from when I was away from God’s grace. It was published in Playboy which should tell us something.
    He was despised and rejected by men,
    a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
    and as one from whom men hide their faces
    he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
    Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
    yet we esteemed him stricken,
    smitten by God, and afflicted.
    But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
    upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    and with his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:3-5)

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