Love from the Cross

John 15:12 & 13

Love one another as Jesus has loved you,
Greater love has no one for this to pursue;
To lay down one's own life for his friends,
Knowing of life everlasting love never ends.
We have different meanings for the cross;
For some it means of new life after a loss;
As being a symbol of faith around the neck,
Reminding us of hope through life's trek;
The cross is displayed around our cities,
Even tattooed to the flesh of human bodies;
But for Jesus the cross meant so much more,
Filled with pain, suffering with much gore;
Giving us faith is God's way to take death,
Into a symbol of hope after the last breath;
To demonstrate that life still does thrive,
With a renewed spirit that remains alive;
Your very own dreams should never die,
Never to give up on hope or ever ask why;
Think about what the cross means to us,
God's way in turning a minus into a plus.

Richard Newton Sherrer

Copyright ©2004 Richard Newton Sherrer

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