A Cross to Bear

When I open my bible and I see the cross
I must say for words I am at loss
It seems so cruel so grisly so cold
The tears run freely as the story unfolds
I try to imagine what you went through
But nothing comes clear to what you had to do
To nail a man and hang him up on a tree
Then leave him to die for all to see
Is so barbaric it doesn't seem real
I wonder how Barbados looking on did feel.

Did he turn away or stand there and grin
Did he realise Jesus was taking our sin
There was no compassion for the son of man
They left him there naked on a tree to hang
Blooded and fouling a gross thing to see
Jesus done this to save you and me
His aching body so battered and torn
This was the reason Jesus was born
Because this doesn't happen in our present day
We can never understand the price he had to pay

Yet in roman times this was common place
To crucify anyone was total disgrace
When you read of the things that Jesus went through
Do you turn away like Barbados did do
Or do you gain an insight to the scorn and shame
The description when Jesus called out God's name
My God my God why have you forsaken me
Abandoned and lonely what a sorrowful plea
A crown of thorns adorned his head
And after 9 hours our Saviour was dead

To die in this way it was God's will
For Jesus to die on Calvary's hill
But the story does not end quite there
Out of all that our Lord had to bear
After three days he rose again
Arising in radiance he was no longer in pain
Giving life eternal for all who believe
In being born again they can receive
The Holy Spirit it's for you and me
Look into the bible its in John 3.3

Maggie Wilson
[Source: christianpoems.co.uk]