by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Good Friday Poems About the Cross
Symbols of the Cross The thorns and nails, the cross of wood, Are symbols of the One who stood To take my place and bear my sin Though He was pure and wholly good. The Lord Himself came down for me And paid my debt at Calvary To give me hope, forgive my guilt, And let...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Good Friday Poems About the Cross, Gospel Poems, Praising the Lord
God Didn’t Have to Care Enthroned in perfect splendor God didn’t have to care About rebellious creatures Who sinned and faced despair. Yet love defined His nature – He wouldn’t turn away From those that He’d created Though we had gone astray. He felt our pain and...
by Christina Joy Hommes | Christian Poetry, Featured Poems, Good Friday Poems About the Cross, Gospel Poems
Where all My Hopes Are Built Yes, I deserve to die, My sin condemns my soul; And by myself I can’t escape Or shake its full control. But Jesus died for me – He took my sin and guilt, He paid my debt upon the cross Where all my hopes are built. Now I am free...
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 | 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...
