duty called to oversee a
verdict fulfilled for One whothough recently received
with cries of exaltation
as the Messiah-King now
was being self-righteously
condemned to die despised...
rejected... mocked and scorned
then shredded and crowned with
thorns in feigned adulation of
the new King of the Jews who
then commenced a Royal
procession to His place of
Enthronement as faces turned
away from His appalling
appearance while in silent
Dignity He desperately crept
under what I now understand
was the weight of the world's
guilt to His place of punishment
there to perish in a spectacle of
torturous death as Passover's
spotless Lamb who midst the guilty
was welcomed by the din of
haughty jeers impatiently clamoring
for a miraculous sign to prove
His claimed Divinity yet the
bedlam was overwhelmed by the
stately silence of a Mother’s
enduring presence which helped
transform two hearts into One each
bearing the other's burden without
complaint producing a Conflicted
Innocence which nevertheless bore
the sentence with Majestic Humility
in an extreme solution for an extreme
dilemma for One whose unrequited
Love so freely bestowed seemingly
found no home but mine and as He
breathed His last Surrender darkness
came as Light departed and by
pierced efficiency water and Blood
entwined washing guilt away birthing
a new conviction in me which fulfilled
an ignorant need - a Revelation born
from a Sacrificial Purchase - which
pointed me in a new direction as
reverent tenderness gently lowered Him
from His Throne into His Mother’s arms
and while she caressed Him with final
kisses and bathed Him with tears of
mourning's dew I was left longing for
something more...
Reflection/Discussion:
Reflection/Discussion:
-How does "The Centurion" make the crucifixion personal?
-Describe Mary's response.
-What does Mary's response tell us about how we can respond to suffering?
-What does 'Conflicted Innocence' mean?
-What does 'Majestic Humility' mean?
-What does 'an extreme solution for an extreme dilemma' mean?
-What does 'unrequited Love' mean?
-What was the 'ignorant need' of the Centurion?
-What was the "something more" for the Centurion?
-Describe what you have done to deserve all this.
- How does the Lord's Passion affect your walk with the Lord?
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