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Topic: Cross (as in the Cross of Christ) (08/17/06)
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By Sue Dent
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GUILTY
Guilty for a deed
never committed.
Pain is the only thing He
has permitted.
Was it for crimes that
I had done He groaned upon
the tree? Amazing pity,
grace unknown, And love beyond
degree!
Forget the hurt
Forget the pain
Alas, and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head for such a worm as I?
Remember the words
of those past and gone.
Don’t look back,
just move on.
Thus might I hide
my blushing face
While Calvary's cross
appears, Dissolve my
heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to
tears.
Live your life
it's what they wanted
though your mind
is still taunted.
But drops of grief
can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give
myself away,
'Tis all that I can do.
To die in vain,
there would be no
greater pain.
Well might the sun in
darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When Christ the mighty
Maker died
For man, the creature's
sin.
The veil is torn,
the weary worn.
Enter in
though all
have sinned.
No one denied,
no eye is dry.
Charged with
wanting to
save mankind.
A crime He
confessed to.
Guilty.
At the cross,
at the cross
Where I first
saw the light,
And the burden
of my heart
rolled away
It was there
by faith I
received my
sight,
And now I am
happy all the
day!
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Charged with
wanting to
save mankind.
A crime He
confessed to.
Simply beautiful, blessings Brenda
There were a few places were I either wasn't quite sure what you were saying / implying, or where the ideas expressed were not ones I really grasped. For example, in the first verse: "Pain is the only thing He / has permitted." I wasn't sure who the "He" was in this sentence. If the "has" had been "was" the idea would have been along the lines of what I expected. Of course, I am probably being dense!
I too loved the way it was laid out, and the central idea of being guilty for wanting to save mankind. I novel and powerful idea.
A winning entry! God blessed writing indeed.
Wonderful job, and in your defense, "At the Cross" is in the public domain.
God bless.
Awesome!