Good Friday Inspiring Reflection Poem For Church That Rhymes

I hope this Christian poem I’ve written for Good Friday and Easter about the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ moves and inspires you as you reflect on his sacrifice for our sins.

I was inspired to write this poem by reading the Gospel and picturing myself as an onlooker, watching Jesus being nailed to the cross at Calvary. A story brutal, tragic but also filled with redemption. Imagine what must have been going through so many of those onlookers’ minds who watched Jesus die on Good Friday only to hear news that he had been resurrected from the dead on Easter Sunday!

Deus Homo – Latin for God-man

Who is this man
who hangs like fruit from a tree
baking beneath the sun
shrunken, shriveled like a prune,
writhing in misery?

Who is this man
whose flesh is being used like lumber –
cold, iron nails piercing hands and feet,
under the weight of the world,
under the weight of a pounding hammer?

Who is this man
who forgives while being crushed by their sin,
who turns the other cheek
while being jeered and spat at
time and time again?

Who is this man
who cries out, “My God, my God,
why have you forsaken me”,
who breathes his last breath
and swings motionless from a tree?

Who is this man
whose death shakes the earth at her core,
who brings the roars of thunder,
and tore the veil of the Temple,
open for all forevermore?

And who is this man
who Death couldn’t hold,
older than the dawn of time,
grander than the universe itself,
who creates anew, who constantly unfolds?

He is Jesus of Nazareth.
He is the Christ.
He is the Word made flesh.
He is the Light that conquers the darkness.
He is the inspirational force of creation.
He is the sound blaring in the silence.
He is Deus Homo.

Justin Farley

A Voice in the Wilderness – A Chapbook of Poems About God by Justin Farley

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