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Topic: Cross (as in the Cross of Christ) (08/17/06)
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TITLE: His Steadfast Love | Previous Challenge Entry
By Mike Rousos
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The morning of the deicide
God lay before them, on a cross
While demons cheered at heaven’s loss
Here, to this wood, God’s hands they nailed
And with a spear, His side impaled
He wore a shaming crown of thorns
This God who hung here, now forlorn
The angels’ king spoke “It is done”
And death elated; it had won.
Then thunder peeled – the royal knell
The Lord of Lords succumbed to hell
But Satan erred to call this gain
For God did raise this Lamb thus slain
And when men saw the Christ arise
They saw the cross with different eyes
For, when He’d cried out “It is done”
He’d meant the work of salvation
It was not shame that wreathed His head
But sin redeemed to free the dead
Those arms were spread, not on a tree
But on the hope of victory
For He hung there to split the veil
Not held by any earthly nail
No, holding this servant above -
The iron of His steadfast love
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They saw the cross with different eyes
This stantza touched me most. I loved being reminded of the tranistional emotion that the cross brought to the first Christians.
Well done
Otherwise, good meter and rhyme--nice job!
My favorites?
"It was not shame that wreathed His head
But sin redeemed to free the dead
Those arms were spread, not on a tree
But on the hope of victory"
I guess these verses spoke most to my spirit. Good job!