20 April 2019 12:00 am Views - 258
The appointed hour had come, yet
He did not cling to His equality with God
He could have assuaged the Father’s justice
With a simple word, a single sigh
But, His love went beyond time and space
A love unfathomable!
He was the author of man’s salvation
His mercy – divine, inexhaustible!
Whipped, scourged, crowned with thorns
Falling in agony only to rise again
The Son of God now more worm than man!
His absolute self-abasement eloquently portrayed
Love hanging on a tree!
Scorn of mankind – jest of the people
Wordlessly imploring
‘Love one another as I have loved thee’
“My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”
The final surrender agony beyond comprehension
Yet, even in His darkest house He manifested
The power, the glory, the wonder of His love
“Father forgive!”
Love far beyond the grave – by dying and rising
He turned darkness into dawning
And led us through death’s gates to eternal life
Almighty King of heaven and earth, Gracious Saviour
Thou did death destroy and our lives redeem
In the daily lives we live
Let the joy and love of the Risen Christ be seen.
Karen Mortier