That Day

What did He think the day they laid the cross upon His back?

What do you think He said when they insisted someone else help?

Do you think He thought it to be too much? Do you think he wished He'd never taken part?

Do you think the pain was more in His heart or on His back? Do you think it was His body that ached or worse yet, His soul? Do you think the weight was more than He could bear, or was it all the stares? Do you think halfway up, He wanted to take it off?

Do you think in that moment He wished He had never been born for this? How about the blood that poured from every inch of His body? Do you think He regretted each drop that fell to the ground? What about the flesh that, from Him, so loosely fell?

Do you think with each blow He wished to take it all back? How about the pain from the long piercing steel nails? Do you think each hammer strike, He wished to declare it all over? How about Him seeing the pain upon His dear mother's face?

The one who He so dearly loved- do you think in that moment He wished none of it so?

As He hung in high plain view, do you think he regretted His choice? His choice to be beaten, mocked, flogged, and so cruelly crucified? Do you think He would do it all over again? Do you think that just for you, He would again give His life?

Oh, the love of Christ one cannot truly fathom. For the love He displayed that day upon the cross, you and I cannot understand. Most certainly, He would, again and again, die if needed for you and I. However, the price has been paid, and now we can all be free, Holy, and sanctified. we now have the freedom to be in eternity and with Him one day live. What is why He chose willingly that day the nails, the crown, and the cross upon the hill. All out of His deep passionate love for us all- His love for His children.

So, as to what He thought that day as He was led to the place upon the hill. Truly, He thought of you and I, That is what was on His mind that day and still is today.