What Christ must have seen
in the faces of these disciples
Struggling to walk along
wracked with their feelings
on their Emmaus Road
Faces in utter rebellion
failing to hold onto control
Wearing a mask of pain
over scars of grief
loss that had set hold
In that moment of crisis
Christ comes to them
a stranger coming to them
Their lives shattered
the weight too much to bear
Lost on their path
Contorted, a mask upon us
Twisted faces of grief
Dejected, walking home
despairing, in disbelief
Struggling in this life
faces twisted with grief
Jesus walking up beside us
A stranger speaking comfort
Offering us a message of hope
Taking up our yoke with us
walking through our trials
In the struggles of our lives
Staying right besides us
lifting us when we fall
Walking home with us
on our Emmaus Road
Edited December 14, 2013
“Wearing a Mask of Pain
over Scars of Grief – v4”
(editing version 1 again)
February 21, 2013
“Wearing a Mask of Pain
over Scars of Grief – v3”
April 22, 2012
“Wearing a Mask of Pain
over Scars of Grief”
Video 4/22/2012
Luke 24:13-35
Walk to Emmaus
Matthew 28:18-20
The Great Edited Commission
Postscript:
“The Words After That”
Final Words from the
Cross
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
&
Chapter 6:
“It is Finished”. . .
“Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit”
John 19:30a
“When Jesus therefore had
received the vinegar,
he said, “It is finished””
(KJV)
Luke 23:43:47
Luke 23:46
“And when Jesus had cried
with a loud voice, he said,
“Father, into thy hands I
commend my spirit”:
and having said thus, he
gave up the ghost.” (KJV)
Final Words from the
Cross
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
&
Video 4/1/2012
&
John 19:28-29
Mark 15:22-23
Matthew 27:34
Luke 23:36-37
John 4
John 7
Exodus 12:22
Chapter 5:
“I Thirst”
Final Words from the
Cross
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
&
video 3/25/2012
&
Mark 15:34
“And at three in the
afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
“Eloi, Eloi, lema
sabachthani?”
(which means “My God, my
God, why have you forsaken me?”)”
Mark 15:29-36a
Psalm 22:1
Psalm 22
Chapter 4:
“My God, My God, Why Have
Your Forsaken Me?”
Final Words from the
Cross
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read March 23, 2012, March
24, 2012, and March 25, 2012
&
Mark 3:35
video 3/18/2012
&
Chapter 3
“Behold Your Son . . .
Behold Your Mother”
John 19:26
John 19:25-27
“25 Now there stood by the
cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas,
and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore
saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his
mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the
disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his
own home.”
Final Words from the
Cross
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read March 17, 2012 and
March 18, 2012
&
video 3/11/2012
&
Chapter 2
“Today You Will Be with Me
in Paradise”
Luke 23:43
“And Jesus said unto him,
Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (KJV)
Luke 23:32, 39-43
Final Words from the
Cross
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read March 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
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read February 25, 2012
and read February 26, 2012
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