Friday, April 03, 2015

Good Friday - 2015




He grew up like a sapling before him,
like a shoot from the parched earth;
He had no majestic bearing to catch our eye,
no beauty to draw us to him.

He was spurned and avoided by men,
a man of suffering, knowing pain,
Like one from whom you turn your face,
spurned, and we held him in no esteem.

Yet it was our pain that he bore,
our sufferings he endured.
We thought of him as stricken,
struck down by God and afflicted,

But he was pierced for our sins,
crushed for our iniquity.
He bore the punishment that makes us whole,
by his wounds we were healed.

We had all gone astray like sheep,
all following our own way;
But the LORD laid upon him
the guilt of us all.

Though harshly treated, he submitted
and did not open his mouth;
Like a lamb led to slaughter
or a sheep silent before shearers,
he did not open his mouth.

Seized and condemned, he was taken away.
Who would have thought any more of his destiny?
For he was cut off from the land of the living,
struck for the sins of his people.

He was given a grave among the wicked,
a burial place with evildoers,
Though he had done no wrong,
nor was deceit found in his mouth

Good Friday Blessings
de  Larry W2LJ

3 comments:

  1. Happy Easter to you and yours Larry. God Bless.

    George
    K2WO

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  2. Thought you might like to read about how this year's Easter is special because Good Friday is on the most probable date when it happened in reality: 3 April 33 AD: This Year Easter Falls On The Correct Date According To Newton

    Happy Easter!

    Sverre
    LA3ZA

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  3. Link problem, it seems: http://www.science20.com/view_from_the_north/this_year_easter_falls_on_the_correct_date_according_to_newton-154289

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