Chilling together!

HAPPY EASTER! I have been resting some of the day on the bed and had company. She seemed very chilled! My Easter has not been as I’d hoped but I hope you’ve had a great weekend and have a good day tomorrow. This is a poem I wrote for Easter and was meant to say it at church but I wasn’t able to go sadly.

In the garden he prayed
Father not my will but yours
He asked the disciples to stay awake with him
But what he said they ignored
He sweat drops of blood
Thats fear
But he did it for you and for me
In total obedience to his father
He felt so alone on that starlit night
Even though his friends were near
He knew what he was facing
As he'd seen it all before
Then dawn came....this was the day
When he'd suffer unbearable pain
The weight of that rough wooden cross
Tore into his back
As did the beatings from the crowd
But suddenly Simon came forwards to help
The journey must have seemed so long
Each step more painful than the last
The crown of thorns pushed down on his head
Made the blood run down his face
Staining the robe they'd put on him
Before the hanging would take place
There was only one way this could be done
And Jesus was on a mission to complete it
On the hill stood 3 crosses stark against the sky
The middle one for Jesus and a thief on either side
Mary his mother with tears looked at her beloved son
Not guilty but chosen to save us
Each and every one
Above him read, Jesus ... King of the Jews
Then they pierced his hands and side
The pain was just unbearable
But before he hung his head and died
A voice from the thief on the other cross
Said 'remember me in paradise'
If none of this had taken place
We'd not have forgiveness for our sins
He paid the ultimate price on that cross
Taking with him our sin and shame
But that was not the end
They'd laid him in a borrowed tomb
And blocked it with a huge stone
A stone that would be hard to move
But Jesus rose from the dead
Just as he had said
And on the third day
The stone was rolled away
Soon he would ascend
To be with his father
And his spirit now remains with us
to guide us in every way
Oh what a sacrifice
How can we not love him
How can we not serve
The one who gave his all for us
With suffering he didn't deserve
Don't leave it till the last minute
Like the thief at Jesus side
Make room for him in your life
It was for you he died!!