Last night I was checking out my newsfeed on Facebook. I was inspired by the status update of a friend who has been posting a thankfulness post every day for November. What she said she was thankful for was the cross. She wrote: “I am grateful that I am not on the cross…though I deserved it, Jesus took my place. I can’t grasp WHY He loves me that much, but I am VERY thankful to Him for paying the price for me!” I’m thankful for the cross, too.
12/2/11 Update: Linked at dVerse Poets Pub for FormForAll – Poetic Devices: Image, Symbol, Metaphor, Allegory.
The Cross
Love bled and
died for you
for me, for all
You ask me
why He died
why would
this King of
kings, & Lord
of lords love
I don’t know – I don’t understand a love so deep and so wide
Jesus laid down His life, the most holy life worth so much more
more than all the jewels and gold and treasure in all the world
It should have been me on that cross; It should have been you
But why does
not matter to
what is most
important for
you and me
Redemption
Mercy Grace
the character
of our God
is Love
He couldn’t
do anything
less than lay
down His
holy life to
reconcile
us with Him