Holy Week 2012 – Friday: Against and For the World

Greetings Dear Reader,

I ponder today what it must be like to have everyone arrayed against you.  Then I ponder what it must be like to be in that position when you are certain that you are innocent of any crime.  In addition, you know that you only need speak the word and legions of unstoppable warriors will come to your defense.  You can destroy them but you love them and will let them kill you.

You take the rejection, the insults, and the abuse.  You walk the streets that you walked just days ago as a welcome king.  Now you walk through a crowd that spits on you.  You could snuff them out with a thought.  Carrying the cross on your bloodied back you climb the hill.  Silent you take the nails.  The jeering and abuse continue as you are lifted up to survey the city over which you so recently wept.

From this painful perch you can see the city and because you are God you can also see through all of time.  You can see every moment of sin and suffering.  You can see those who accept then reject you.  You can see all of those who claim to know you and ignore your heart.  You can see those who do evil in your name.  You can hear those who curse you because of the foolishness of some of your followers.

You can see me and my Children.  You know our hearts and how and when they turn toward and away from you.  You can see me in this moment wishing I could purge all my sin and only be yours to command.  You plead for our forgiveness.  Then time is full.  The moment that it is all geared toward is at hand.  Only you can grasp the pain you feel as the Father turns to allow the final moment.  Then, it is fininshed. 

Why did it have to be a friend who chose to betray the Lord?

Why did he use a kiss to show them that's not what a kiss is for?

Only a friend can betray a friend a stranger has nothing to gain,

And only a friend comes close enough to ever cause so much pain,

And why did there have to be thorny crown pressed upon His head?

It should have been the royal one made of jewels and gold instead.

It had to be a crown of thorns because in this life that we live,

For all who seek to love a thorn is all the world has to give.

And why did it have to be a heavy cross He was made to bare?

And why did they nail His feet and hands his love would have held Him there?

It was a cross for on a cross a thief was supposed to pay,

And Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away.

Yes, Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away. – Michael Card

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store."