He touched them, touched them all and He reached out,
Shunned not disease nor odd deformity,
He touched and put contagion’s scourge to route
And empathized with human misery.

He neared, he touched,- a thing so unheard of,-
The leprous wretch and the tubercular,
The most repellent sore He touched with love,
He touched the most repugnant sufferer.

Unheard of touching throbbing virulence,
And nauseating materiality,
He bent and stooped to human indigence,
Touched the most hideous infirmity.

He dwelled and walked amidst the endless tide,
Of human suffering and wretched pain,
He touched the putrid sores and smelled the blight,
Made the disturbed in spirit hale and sane.

Some of the sufferers had long forgot
All sentience for touch and tenderness,
And other outcasts did remember not
The balm of an embrace or a caress.

Disease's scourge and flail is unwelcome,
Except ’mongst those yet more unfortunate-,
He uttered never a proscriptive ban,
Did not recoil, evade nor separate.

Unheard of by the rules societal,
And regulations of the priestly code,
Without reluctance Jesus touched them all
Oh blessed outcasts loved and touched by God!.

© Elizabeth Dandy

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HE TOUCHED Contributed by Elizabeth_Dandy on Tuesday, 12th April 2005 @ 08:53:11 AM in AEST Topic: spiritual He touched them, touched them all and He reached out, Shunned not disease nor odd deformity, He touched and put contagion’s scourge to route And empathized with human misery. He neared, he touched,- a thing so unheard of,- The leprous wretch and the tubercular, The most repellent sore He touched with love, He touched the most repugnant sufferer. Unheard of touching throbbing virulence, And nauseating materiality, He bent and stooped to human indigence, Touched the most hideous infirmity. He dwelled and walked amidst the endless tide, Of human suffering and wretched pain, He touched the putrid sores and smelled the blight, Made the disturbed in spirit hale and sane. Some of the sufferers had long forgot All sentience for touch and tenderness, And other outcasts did remember not The balm of an embrace or a caress. Disease's scourge and flail is unwelcome, Except ’mongst those yet more unfortunate-, He uttered never a proscriptive ban, Did not recoil, evade nor separate. Unheard of by the rules societal, And regulations of the priestly code, Without reluctance Jesus touched them all Oh blessed outcasts loved and touched by God!. © Elizabeth Dandy Copyright © Elizabeth_Dandy ... [ 2005-04-12 08:53:11] (Date/Time posted on site) Advertisments: Previous Posted Poem         | |         Next Posted Poem

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Re: HE TOUCHED (User Rating: 1 ) by Former_Member on Tuesday, 12th April 2005 @ 09:22:17 AM AEST (User Info | Send a Message) Elizabeth What a beautiful poem, I find it comforting and inspiring!! Leia

Re: HE TOUCHED (User Rating: 1 ) by reflections on Tuesday, 12th April 2005 @ 11:56:32 AM AEST (User Info | Send a Message) A beautiful story of the Christ who once walked among us, feeding, teaching, embracing, healing, loving, and (with His touch) saving men, women and children with no regard for anything other than their need. He touched us in mass numbers because He loved us! Man also touched HIM! They beat Him; tortured Him, crucified Him. Man murdered He who was the Truth, and was also pure Love. Still, He touches us, loves us, and offers us His paradise in exchange for the hell we imposed on Him. You remind us of what we have to look forward to. Thank you Elizabeth. I needed this message today. John AMDG

Re: HE TOUCHED (User Rating: 1 ) by Former_Member on Wednesday, 13th April 2005 @ 12:07:48 AM AEST (User Info | Send a Message) Beautiful write !!!

Re: HE TOUCHED (User Rating: 1 ) by emystar on Wednesday, 13th April 2005 @ 03:18:34 PM AEST (User Info | Send a Message) Oh so true and he still does the same today. A very beautifull, luving, compasonate write. luv, huggs, smiles, emy