Jesus
I run away
from your cross
leaving you there
hanging
between desolation and rejection
Draw me to you
that I may be one with you
Jesus
I stand at a distance
for fear
of being swept up
into your embrace
Call me to you
with a voice that I will recognize
and answer
Jesus
I stand at the foot of your cross
like a parched land
waiting for the rain
Let me thirst for your love
as much
as you thirst for mine
Jesus
I hang on to the wood
of my cross
Help me to let go
to reach out in love
as you did
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"Then all the disciples deserted him and fled."
Matthew 26: 54
"all his acquaintances stood at a distance, including the women who
had followed him from Galilee... "
Luke 23:49
"Peter was following him at a distance..."
Matthew 26:58
"Near the cross of Jesus there stood his mother... with the disciple
whom he loved..."
John 19: 25-26
"I am thirsty.
John
19:28
"My throat is dried up like baked clay, my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
to the dust of death you have brought me down.
Psalm 22:16
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