If Christ Came, Would You Take His Place?

If Christ Came, would

You take his cross &

Feed the poor, knowing

that he will walk free while

you take his place?

 

If Christ came, would

You take up the cross

& weep before your mother,

while someone you knew

is lowered in a coffin

& returned to the earth?

 

On your knees would you

Weep under the heavens;

without the power to resurrect,

without the strength to

Undo death, without chance

to hold that person again?

 

If Christ came, would

take up the thorns &

bleed away your dignity, 

and the last of your humanity

as you face the lashes

of a whip

cracking on your bare back?

 

Seen yet shamed,

Shamed & pitied upon

by the world, would you

take up his title if

he came?

 

If Christ came, would

you take up the cloth

that was ripped from your

human body so you may

be left bruised and

bloodied? 

 

Would you try to cover

your nakedness with

that torn cloth & simply

let the rivers of your eyes

flow?

 

If Christ Came, would

you wither the storm,

without the ability to

the calm the sea, or

to walk upon it safely

to land?

 

If Christ Came, would

you preach in the fields?

Would you preach

in the churches and

synagogues?

Would you preach in

the temples?

 

Would you flip the

tables of trading merchants

that have degraded your

father's temple?

 

If Christ came, would

you be able to look

at him in the eye?

 

If Christ came, would

you tell him that you

never trespassed your

brothers widow?

 

If Christ came, would

you tell him That you

visited those

who were sick and imprisoned?

& that you fed the hungry

and the needy?

 

Would you tell him

that your never tripped

or stumbled a kid on

their way to the lord?

 

Would tell him

that you loved your

neighbor and your

enemies? and that

you never

mistreated the foreigner

that lived with you?

 

If Christ Came,

Would You Take Up

His Cross the way

he did for you?