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 | Christian Poetry, Easter Poems for Resurrection Day
O Day of Resurrection! O day of resurrection Alive with promise bright Of endless life and glory Beyond the shades of night, We greet you with rejoicing, With hymns and anthems sweet Because our foes lie conquered Beneath our Savior’s feet! We lift our hearts in...
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...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Easter Poems for Resurrection Day
The Easter Angels On Resurrection Sunday An angel rolled away The stone that blocked the entrance To Jesus’ tomb that day. In shining robes of glory The angel came to show The Lord of life had risen So everyone could know. Then, as the women weeping Came down...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Easter Poems for Resurrection Day, Gospel Poems
Nothing to Fear Death could not hold the Son of God, Guards couldn’t keep Him in; He rose victorious over all And conquered death and sin. If death itself was weak before The mighty Lord of life, Can anything hold back His hand Or foil Him in the strife? If sin is...
