Alongside the Others

I am standing in the crowd and I see You hanging on the cross

In my sin and shame I mock alongside the others

I am ashamed of myself because my sin put You there

Tears well up in my eyes as I see unconditional love displayed

How can my God die such a brutal death for me

What love and mercy that You’d take my place

Who am I that You would do that for me for the world

I am broken and torn as I see you nailed to the cross

Hanging up there struggling to breathe each breath

Your back torn to bits and organs exposed

Each breath getting harder than the last one

Blood flowing from the crown of thorns placed in mockery

Being spit on and jeered at with men throwing lots for Your clothes

And yet even so You ask God to forgive them

My human sized brain can’t fathomed that kind of love

Brutally dying so slowly as Your Spirit was lifted up to Heaven

But that’s not where the story ends death didn’t win

You defeated the grave and death once and for all

Giving the world a second chance and eternal life with You

Redeeming the dead and bring the world back to life

Rescuing Your lost sheep and returning them to the fold

Hallelujah that You conquered sin and death

And gave us all a chance to know You intimately

To be called Your child a daughter of the King

Praise You Father for giving us redemption 

For rewriting our stories that were leading to death

But now life and life abounding is available to us

Thank you Jesus for the ultimate sacrifice

That showed how much You loved the world

To die in such brutality that we might be called Yours