Desire Of Ages
He prayed all night the night before.
Sweat, like blood, came from His pores.
He asked that the cup be taken away.
He knew the answer. So He prayed.
Tears came to His eyes. He prayed.
He asked that upon Him sin be laid.
He who had known no sin.
Willing to die for all men.
He saw it all the night before.
It hurt Him to His very core.
Carrying the cross on His bleeding back
A crown of thorns the crowning act.
Spikes driven through arms and legs.
Clothes stripped off as mother begs.
Soldiers gambling for His robe.
While He hung there naked and cold.
Given vinegar and water for His thirst.
Blood and water pouring from the hurt
of a spear thrust deep into his side.
What a picture to destroy pride.
People taunting and spitting at Him.
Harassing the one who knew no sin.
He asked His Father to forgive them.
They know not what they are doing to Him.
One thief rejects Him, the other accepts.
He promises paradise to the one who accepts.
What a person to be so forgiving.
A kind of love that keeps on giving.
He suffers the most as the Father draws away.
Unable to bare seeing His Son suffer this way.
He gives up the ghost and dies after saying
“It is finished”, His love for man unweavering.
In three days He rose from the grave.
He defeated death. We are all saved!!
This man/God who was our creator,
loves us. How can we be a hater?
No greater debt was ever paid.
Praise the Lord that we are saved!!!
—————————————————R. W. Johnson—-(2012)