I wonder if anyone has believed what the play has said

......as I turn out the light and shuffle to bed

The hour was late & I was really beat

....my body ached from my head to my feet

To stay awake I'd have to put up a fight

....so when my head hit the pillow - I was out like a light

There was a deep whirl & I seemed to fall

....I was awakened by loud voices and vulgar cat calls

Was I dreaming or was this real?

.....I seemed to be there - I could actually feel

I watched in silence as I was overtaken with a cold chill

.....They were walking my Lord up Calvary's hill

The crowds were angry; they shouted & jeered

.....my heart failed me, as I was gripped with fear

The crack of a whip landed on my Lord's flesh

.....blood covered his face & flowed on to his chest

I had never before seen first hand

....so much blood ­dripping into the sand

Who are these ungodly people I was straining to see?

my God - they're people just like you & me

I was part of the crowd; caught up in the sway

.....I was an eye-witness of my Lord's saddest day

I watched in horror as we neared the top of the hill

.....there was weeping & wailing - it didn't seem real

Fiercely & quickly they turned him around

.....with spikes & hammers they roughly staked him down........

 

 

 

 

They lifted him up on an old rugged cross......

 

 

 

 

 

.....for the first time I realized, how much my sins had cost

It seemed forever he hung there, for you and me

.....as if for a witness, that all the world might see

Then darkness came and covered the land

......I could not see - even my hand

I covered my ears & shook my head in despair

.....for the dark wailing was too much for me to bear

 

A silence exploded & my spirit arose

.....to the side of a mountain where his tomb was enclosed

The grave was opened - yet where was my fear?

.....an angel descended, telling the women 'he's not here'

 

God's plan for salvation is now complete

.....for he has put death under his feet

The dark wailing & weeping which had held me in my place

.....completely vanished as I looked upon his face

 

The birds began singing, the trees & grass hastened to sway

.....the clouds rolled over, for this was RESURRECTION day !

 

What great unspeakable joy, this early morning brings

.....as I awake & smile while my alarm clock rings

 

Now I know why 'into the world we must go'

.............for this was no pageant nor beauty show

 

If heaven we would see, then we must remember every day

.....that the Son of God has come and shown us the way

 

To receive this eternal life, surely you can see

why Jesus said.............

 

'Pick up your cross and follow me'


 

 

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