In the moments before his lips ever lied
before his tongue ever tried, twisting truth
before his teeth tore through, forbidden fruit,
before Adam realised, he’d bitten of much more than he could chew
having ignored God’s advice and taking of the tree of knowledge of Good and evil
Each step a little harder to take,
"Could this be a mistake?"
The incline of the ground working against each and every muscle
the fibres contracting, pulsing
like the very terrain was screaming, shouting
"Don’t do it! He’s your son!!!"
The hilt of the knife in his hand
a reminder of what He’d come to understand
as what inevitably lied ahead
and yet…
The promise was not mine but yours,
I’d already suffered a loss, having tried to help you,
could that then be why you,
have chose for me, this agony
it was you, not I, who gave Him to me.
To them I say " You wait here, shortly we’ll return"
To myself I say, "be like Ruth, refuse me, for though you see two, only I’ll come back with an urn"
but I keep this to myself
for He knows better and thus far has shown His wisdom superior
So though the journey might be long and tiresome,
His burden of sticks was light in comparison,
You asked me a question, didn’t you son.
Well our God is a God of provision.
I’ll give him to you Lord
for you have asked
and it was you who gave him first
so I accept my task
Take him from me if you so please
But You. Just You. Don’t you ever leave me.
From the first breath that left my nostrils and entered into yours
I knew
The foreboding of what I had to do
It weighed down on me.
I had to save you,
because I truly love you
Unconditionally.
In agony, I waited till the time was right
The flame was ready, the fruit was ripe.
I came, good news for you but I knew what lied ahead.
In the garden, you got to see the humanity of my head.
and yet, I let you lay me in that lowly shed,
a manger in place of a bed
I knew from the start that for my end I bled
Abraham took these steps
similar to mine and my Dad’s
yet Isaac didn’t know so I guess He never had
to go through each day knowing that the time drew near
I spent each day staring at, but never being scared of fear
He only wanted to see how much you loved and trusted Him
Just so that When He showed how he felt you would not miss it
but guess what? you just did!
The greatest love story ever told
was told in blood
and steel ends of a whip
and nails through palms and feet
through what appeared to be defeat
through wounds that now intercede
for you!
No greater love is there than for one to lay His life down for his brother.
But it hurts more when the one you die for happens to be your killer!
The Ordinary Amazing 