the One Who is Smeared

The One Who is Smeared

a prayer by Troy Cady

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Lord Jesus, I bless You;

I proclaim you as Christ, the Anointed One,

the blessed One, the chosen King.

I bless You because the tears that cover my face

run down to touch Your feet

and You welcome them.

I cry at Your feet

because You carry in Your very self

the oil of gladness

and I have nowhere else to turn.

I have smeared You with my tears

because You, Christ, are smeared with healing oil.

You wash away the salt of my sorrow

and cover me with the fragrant perfume of Your joy.

I bless You, Lord,

and I call You Christ,

the Anointed One.

I give you my life as an expression of my gratitude

for all that You are and all that You have done.

Now loosen my tongue by the power of Your Spirit.

Loosen my tongue to tell others about You,

Jesus, the Christ, the One covered in love,

the One whose whole Being is smeared

thick with gladness, Blessing without end.

And cover my hands in Your healing oil,

to Bless, to restore the beauty of a sin-smeared world

by the generous anointing of Your grace.

I pray this in the Name of the Jesus,

the Christ, the Blessed One.

Amen.