One day when you’re struggling for that last breath, I hope it won’t be too late for you to remember that while Jesus was asphyxiating, he had you on his mind. He hopes you will have the privilege of getting to know him long before that time, so you can live the life he has for you and be the person he created
you to be.
Torture
Pieces of metal and bone
flew into the air,
then came down with a great speed.
Then an agonising moan
was all they could hear,
as his back began to bleed.
The jagged edges got stuck
right inside the skin,
as dust on the ground turned red.
Then they gave a hard tug
on the bits inside him,
that were weighed down with lead.
Large clumps of flesh ripped away
and fell to the ground.
The torture made him shiver.
As the blue sky turned grey,
there was an awful sound
of blood pouring like a river.
With hatred, envy and scorn,
the voices all screamed,
“Yes, crucify him right now!”
Watching his dear mother mourn,
he had failed it now seemed.
He was the one to save them, but how?
Thorns on his head went in deep
as they pushed them hard,
and each one burst a vein.
He watched his friends weep
as more thorns pierced his skin,
and blood poured down his face like rain.
With his whole beard plucked out –
an unrecognisable face.
This seemed more than he could bear.
He cried out in anguish,
but the soldiers just laughed
and the scoffers just didn’t care.
With his back torn to shreds,
They made him carry his cross,
but nobody understood,
how they expected
his broken body to carry
a heavy, splintered block of wood.
His muscles dangled like string,
as they laid him down…
causing a flow of ribbon-like trails.
Then they grabbed hands and feet,
stretching them tight,
as they hammered in rusty, long nails.
So, when we become angry
and emotionally charged –
we’re shocked and want to exclaim,
it is not okay
to open our mouths,
and blaspheme his holy name.
Christ is not a swear-word
to declare when we’re cross,
and at times when things don’t go well.
Jesus suffered because
he loves us so much.
He did it to save us from Hell.
