A-Poem-a-Day Until Resurrection Day
I’VE
READ THE END OF THE BOOK
Twice
I heard Tony Campolo deliver
his
famous and rousing sermon
It’s Friday, but
Sunday’s Comin’!
at
the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove
Tony
drummed home the point
that
everything may look bleak on Friday, but…
come
Sunday…Sunday changes everything!
Now,
I’m not thinking of just any dark and bleak Friday
I’m
thinking about the original Good Friday—
thinking
the only reason I can bear
to
contemplate that good and terrible day
is
because I know
a
few days later there was
a
mind-blowing, miraculous Sunday—
…Resurrection
Sunday!
The
disciples didn’t have
the
advantage I have—
They
didn’t understand
life
after death
couldn’t
comprehend
atonement
for sin
just
didn’t get it
that
their teacher and friend, Jesus
could
die upon a cross
for
the sins of the world
They
didn’t realize
they
were in the middle of miracles
Didn’t
know the future—
Sure,
they may have read portions of the Scrolls
but
they didn’t have the whole wonderful Book
The
ending wasn’t written yet!
I
do have the whole Book
I’ve
read ahead
and studied the pages
I
know that what follows
the
Good Friday story
is
the victorious hope-giving
hallelujah
happy ending
I
know my sins are forgiven
know
I’m going to live forever
Yes,
I know what happened next
and
that makes all the difference
Maude
Carolan Pych
"Behold the Lamb...poetically!"
by Maude Carolan Pych
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