Still He Walked
He could hear the crowds screaming
"Crucify" "Crucify"
He could hear the hatred in their voices,
These were His chosen people.
He loved them.
And they were going to crucify Him.
He was beaten, bleeding and weakened.
His heart was broken,
But still He walked.
He could see the crowd
As He came from the palace.
He knew each of the faces so well.
He had created them.
He knew every smile, laugh, and shed tear,
But now they were contorted with rage
and anger.
His heart broke,
But still He walked.
Was He scared?
You and I would have been.
So His humanness would have
mandated that He was.
He felt alone.
His disciples had left,
Denied, and even betrayed Him.
He searched the crowd for a loving face
And He saw very few.
Then He turned His eyes
To the only One that mattered
And He knew that
He would never be alone.
He looked back at the crowd,
At the people who were spitting at Him,
Throwing rocks at Him
And mocking Him.
And He knew that because of Him,
They would never be alone.
So for them,
He walked.
The sounds of the hammer striking
the spikes echoed through the crowd.
The sounds of His cries
Echoed even louder.
The cheers of the crowd,
As His hands and feet
Were nailed to the cross,
Intensified with each blow.
Loudest of all was the still small voice
inside His
Heart that whispered
"I am with You, My Son",
And God's heart broke.
He had let His Son walk.
Jesus could have asked God to end
His suffering, but instead
He asked God to forgive.
Not to forgive Him,
But to forgive the ones
who were persecuting Him.
As He hung on that cross,
dying an unimaginable death,
He looked out and saw,
Not only the faces in the crowd,
But also, the face of every person yet to be.
And His heart filled with love.
As His body was dying, his heart was alive.
Alive with the limitless,
unconditional love He feels for each of us.
That is why He walked.
When I forget how much my God loves me,
I remember His walk.
When I wonder if I can be forgiven,
I remember His walk.
When I need reminded of how to
live like Christ,
I think of His walk.
And to show Him how much I love Him,
I wake up each morning,
Turn my eyes to Him, and I walk.
~~~~ Author Unknown
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Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his
love toward us,
in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Mark 10:45
For even the Son of man
came not to be
ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his
life a ransom for many.
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the
good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man
than this, that a
man lay down
his life for his friends.
Have a blessed
day!
Tell them,
They must know the Truth
updated 1\11\07
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