Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Day Jesus Died


 He thought he’d won
the devil smiled
 And rubbed his hands with glee
The maker of the world was dead
 Hanging on a tree.
“The world is mine
I own it ...now,
I finally won,” he cried.
He didn’t know he’d lost it all
The day that Jesus died---  

Two days he smiled
His heart was light
Now man was his alone—
Then words that echoed
through the years,
turned his heart to stone
“For God so loved the world,
He gave His only Son to die—
But on the third day He would rise,
give man eternal life.”  

 That Sunday morn
He waited there
As darkness changed to light
Then terror seared his burning heart
And anguish filled his eyes…
The empty tomb—
He’s risen! It can’t be true,” he cried
He finally learned, he’d lost it all
The day that Jesus died…

By Velma Dawson Griffis

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