God's great act of love is complete.
What punishment so strange is suffered yonder!
The Shepherd dies for sheep that loved to wander;
The Master pays the debt His servants owe Him,
Who would not know Him.
The sinless Son of God must die in sadness;
The sinful child of man may live in gladness;
Man forfeited his life and is acquitted;
God is committed.
O wondrous love, whose depths no heart hath sounded,
That brought Thee here, by foes and thieve surrounded!
All worldly pleasures, heedless, I was trying
While Thou wert dying.
("O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken," v. 4,5,7)
Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb;
There adoring at His feet.
Mark that miracle of time,
God's own sacrifice complete.
"It is finished!" heat Him cry;
Learn from Jesus Christ to die.
("Go to Dark Gethsemane," v. 3)
2 with their own thoughts:
Great post, Dawn.
Happy Easter.
Ted: Sometimes I just don't have my own words for days like these. But I would say the ones I chose say it better than I ever could anyway.
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