by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Easter Poems for Resurrection Day
Testimony: Guard from the Tomb Psst, did you hear He rose again, The One they lately crucified? They paid me well to never say, But there are things you shouldn’t hide. I kept my post and watched the grave But thought all night, ‘Who guards the dead?’ I’d seen His...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Easter Poems for Resurrection Day, Good Friday Poems About the Cross, Gospel Poems
He Faced the Cross for Me He took my sin and faced the cross Then counted gain what first was loss; He saw the joy that pain obscured, And endless life through death secured. Though He was rich, He came here poor, The God that sinners would ignore; Though He was...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Praising the Lord, Christian Poetry, Poems to Pray, Thanksgiving Poems
I Marvel at Your Handiwork I marvel at Your handiworkAnd wonder at Your planThat sent the Son of God to earthTo die for sinful man. I marvel at Your matchless graceAnd wonder at Your loveThat gave so much to make us sonsTo dwell with You above. I marvel at Your...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Gospel Poems, Christian Poetry, Easter Poems for Resurrection Day, Good Friday Poems About the Cross
The Nail Prints in His Hands His hands and feet still bear the marks From hanging on the tree; The nail-scars tell a silent tale That speaks to you and me. They mark humiliation’s day When Jesus bore our sin; In lonely shame He died for us That we might enter...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Easter Poems for Resurrection Day, Good Friday Poems About the Cross
(Abbreviated version below full poem.) Seeing Jesus at the Cross I see Him in the Garden bowed In agony to pray, “Lord, if you can, remove this cup, But do your will I pray.” I see Him in His captor’s hands As gentle as a Lamb, Though He had just displayed His...
