Cup of Suffering
Jesus,
What did you come
here for?
Why did you agree?
You came to our
earth
From Your Heavenly
home
A destiny like no
other
You were born to
be killed.
You were given a
human form
A human mind
A human heart
And all along you
knew what was coming
You knew that you
were on this earth
To do your job
Your job to Your
Almighty Father
Your job to us,
Your adoring servants.
You knew Your
death was upon you
You knew the time
was near
And yet You never
stopped your teaching
Your praising
Your forgiving.
You forgave those
who murdered you
They killed You in
cold blood
And yet You held
them up
To the Father of
all things
You held them up
in Your blood soaked hands
And pleaded with
Almighty God for their forgiveness
You begged Him to
show them His mercy.
You called upon Your Father
And accepted Your
fate.
In order for
scriptures to be fulfilled
You knew You must
drink Your cup of suffering
And You did
Lord Jesus, You
did
You took the
bitter cup of death for me.
And as you took
your final breath
You proclaimed
that “It Is Finished”
You died upon that
wooden post
Your pain
unimaginable
You could have
made it stop at any time
But you didn’t
You just accepted
it.
And You died
Sovereign Lord,
You died on the cross
Your heart stopped
its rhythmic beating
And Your lungs
deflated.
You were stabbed
and taken down from your cross of shame
You were swathed
in bandages and buried.
Your mourners
gathered at Your tomb
And grieved for
their loss
Little did they
know where You were.
Jesus, my Lord, You were alive
You were
resurrected after three days.
Three days of a
still heart
And empty lungs
And yet you stood
up and walked.
Precious Jesus,
You came back to life
The greatest
miracle of them all!
Copyright - Lisa Davies, April 2nd, 2009.
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