What Was Jesus Thinking?

As you read this poem, I hope you will know deep in your heart that Jesus really did die for "you." It was not the Roman guard or the religious leaders that caused him to be on that cross - it was your sin and my sin. It was not the nails that fastened him to the wood, but his steadfast love for each of us. And it was not his own fate he pondered in his last hours, but ours. May you be blessed this Easter week with the joy and victory Jesus died and rose from the dead to give us. Rejoice! He Is Risen!

YOU THOUGHT OF ME

With every wicked word they cast on you,
You stood in silence,
     your thoughts on me.
In every flesh-tearing sting of a whip meant for me,

each crushing blow of the rod rightfully mine,

beyond the painful torment,

     you thought of me.

Each drop you bled under my crown of thorns,

each agonizing step

     you struggled to drag my cross

and when one more step you could not take,

     in your resolve,

          you thought of me.

You willingly climbed upon my cross

and pictured my face

     as they drove each nail.

Every pain-filled scream declaring your love,

Each disgrace endured to remove my shame,

and in the silent stillness of a tomb,

     you thought of me.

Meeting the dawn of Easter morn

You rose to shut death’s ominous door.

Strolling away from the grave’s embrace

     A heavenly smile.

          A victorious stride.

Your eyes gleaming with eternal love’s light

     and your thoughts are of me.

Maureen Profeta