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IT WAS FOR ME
His death on the cross, was it for His sake?
Was it for Himself, the sacrifice made?
If that were true, there would have been no need,
for him to go through with this horrible deed.
Was it for Himself, He was laid in the tomb?
If not for Himself, then I ask, for whom?
Was it really for Him, the earthquake that day,
when the angel rolled the stone away?
That first Easter morn, the resurrection took place,
the blessed fulfillment of God’s perfect grace.
The pain that He suffered would not be in vain,
the death that he died would indeed be for gain.
It was not for Himself, His sojourn on earth,
But He came to bring us a new spiritual birth.
It was not for Himself, I now plainly see,
The sacrifice given, it was for me.
© 2004, Jerry Ham
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