When You, my Lord, breathed your last breath on Calvary
The earth shook,and the sun stopped shining.
And an eclipse like darkness covered the earth
The temple curtain ripped from top to bottom
leaving the Most Holy Place wide open for anyone to enter.
The centurion, who stood at the cross to guard You,
saw Your love and acknowledged You as
Son of God.
Your mother Mary and the women beside, stood at a distance
And wept with grief, as You the Holy One
hung among thieves and suffer such gruesome death
John, who called himself your beloved disciple
stood at a distance and watched in tears as you die
Peter who vouched to give his life for you
not to be seen ,so were James, Philip, Andrews and Thomas
Judas gone away in guilt ,to hang himself on a tree.
Mary, Martha and Lazarus whom you loved to visit
weren't present at the cross site to bring any comfort at Your last hour
Out of fear, all fled and left you alone to die on the cross, bruised and bleeding
But Joseph from Arimathea, an unknown disciple of yours
A rich man and a prominent member of the Council
took up courage to go to Pilate and ask for your body.
Along with Nicodemus, who once came to meet You in secret
He took down your blood stained body from the cross
wrapped in linen and placed it in a new tomb cut out of rock nearby.
He gave no thought about his safety
nor the risk of excommunication from the council.
What he wanted was to give you an honorable burial
He gave You all what he could
and he did it by his own choice, expecting nothing in return..
Never before, and never after is Joseph Arimathea
mentioned in the Gospels nor in the entire Bible
But, surely in Your kingdom he may be seated among your chosen best
as the one who served you well at the time when it was needed.
Even if his name is not much known among those who serve You today
He truly deserves his deed to be remembered as one of the worthy service indeed!***
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