Because I Love You

 

Roman soldiers stood spitting…

Right in my face no less--

 And yet I understood, this was

The beginning of the test.

While laughing loudly and mocking,

They tore my clothes away;

Then harshly placed a crown of thorns

Upon my head to stay.

Carelessly, they chained and beat me;

It seemed a contest now…

Who could inflict the greatest pain,

Take courage from my brow.

Now tired and weak they placed me

On the cross still on the ground;

The mallet used to drive the nails

Made a horribly deafening sound.

Then struggling to raise me,

They shoved the towering tree

Into a hole deep in the earth,

And they kept mocking me!

“If thou art Christ, the chosen God,

Thy power let us view!”

But I prayed “Father, forgive them

They know not what they do.”

Then searching, I found my mother,

Tears spilling down her cheek.

I gave her to John to care for;

No words of regret did I speak.

Then humbly I spoke “it is finished;”

I died on the cross that day.

But knowing you needed a Savior,

I knew there was no other way.

“I love you,” He quietly told me;

Then calling to me by name

He held out His hands to show me…

Now I’ll never be the same.

 

Author's Comment: While I don’t believe it is humanly possible to fully comprehend the sacrifice the Savior made, I am humbled to know in the very deepest part of my soul, that it was for me. Such gratitude fills my heart that I cannot find words to express it.  His was not an atonement made for the mass of mankind, but an individual offering to save each of us, one by one, who could not be saved by any other means. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” –John 15:13