Reclamation

Unto the mount of calvery where once the cross was raised

I bow my head in honor,  servitude and praise

This mount where once the Savior took the cross for me

My sins far to many for me to count

Of each one he set me free.

 

His tears fell upon the stones beneath

I kneel down to touch

To find a last remaining trace

Of my Lord's precious fallen blood

 

As my own tears pour forth, onto my cheek they slip

I feel the unimaginable, the lashes of the whip

 

I see the stations of the cross

His face imprinted upon the shroud

The viscious blows of centurions

The cowardice of the crowds

 

His falls under the heavy cross

The way he still re-took his stand

The cuts and bruises on his face

The splinters in his hands

 

How did I forget all this?

Such pain and suffering

And without a word of mercy

He did all this for me

 

I reclaim my lost unpaid debt

The promise to remember

To celebrate the birth of Christ

To forget my Saviour never

 

I raise my eyes up to the sky

The place of his ascent

The Holy throne, the crown of thorns

Fulfilled

Thy Testament
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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