A Borrowed Life

rrodriguez

On a borrowed donkey he rode into the city

amid the welcome and cheers of the crowd;

a rug of palm branches looked very pretty

you can hear their Hosannas wild and loud.

 

With borrowed bread He fed the hungry

On the grassy mountainside;

With borrowed fish and without money

He fed them all far and wide.

 

On a borrowed boat in which to sit

to teach the people the Word;

He borrowed a bed in which to sleep -

The words He uttered the heart stirred.

 

He borrowed a room to eat the Passover

where He and his apostles sat gathered;

eagerly waiting before the evening passed over

to reveal how his body would be battered.

 

They borrowed a stretcher to lay his body,

they borrowed the winding sheet;

his face and body were bloodied

all the way down to his humble feet.

 

But the crown that he wore & the cross that he bore

they were his to endured on that dark day in history;

to bring salvation to the broken millions & more.  

  • Author: rrodriguez (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 25th, 2018 19:02
  • Comment from author about the poem: Here is a poem that God blessed and allowed me to write today, March 25, 2018 (Palm Sunday). I hope that you will enjoy it and be blessed with these verses.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 26
  • User favorite of this poem: Laura🌻.
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Comments7

  • Laura🌻

    ...and a beautiful poem it is, rr!
    This story I heard from my dad!
    It resonates so vividly!
    He is gone now, but not his
    voice in my heart!
    Your poem was his story!

    ~Laura~

    • rrodriguez

      Thank you Laura I really appreciate your comment am really touched by the words you said about your dad. Thank you.

    • blessednloved

      Fantastic write! We are blessed to have Him!

    • rrodriguez

      Thank you very much blessednloved. It's nice to meet you. I'll go over to your poems and read one of them. Thank you again!

    • Michael Edwards

      Great write rr

    • Goldfinch60

      Super write, that dark day became the Light of the World.

    • w c

      Very nice, r. I really enjoyed your poem.

    • rrodriguez

      Thank you all gor resding my poem snd so generously commenting.



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