What if we held up signs – v3

What if when we gather in worship,
coming together, at the foot of His cross,
what if we each held up a sign
to speak of the cost, how we failed to love,
why Christ had to die, to save us,
to give us a chance at new life

Maybe one would say, like Peter,
“I denied the living Christ”,
another, “I sinned against God”,
or “I drove the nails”,
“it was my cup he drank”,
or “I was the thorns”, “the crown”,
“his blood shed for us”

What if we held other signs saying,
“Christ asked God to forgive me”,
“I didn’t understand”, “forgive me”,
“I thought it was a white lie”,
“I had bigger barns”,
or “Who is my neighbor”.

Would the moment be more clear
the words spoken through his pain
the prayer Christ lifted up
for God to forgive us
while he hung dying, covered in blood
washed with our stain,
bearing our shame

The stain of our sin upon him
God’s light being cast out
preparing to enter darkness
Sheol, to die for us
on the gate of the cross
crying out to God to forgive us
to give us a chance at new life


edited March 29, 2012
March 15, 2012
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-if-we-held-up-signs-v2.html
asked yesterday to do the meditation on this scripture
at the 7 Last Words service,
Suncook United Methodist Church
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suncook-United-Methodist-Church/102221356487965
Suncook, NH
April 4, 2012
&
video 3/4/2012
Introduction and Chapter 1,
“Father Forgive them”
Luke 23:34
“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (KJV)
Final Words from the Cross
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426746802
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
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https://twitter.com/#!/RevAdamHamilton
read February 25, 2012
and read February 26, 2012

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