First Baptist Church of Vineland, NJ

Welcoming, Witnessing & Winning for the Kingdom of God

MARCH 1999

I came across the following, very meaningful poem.   I just thought it appropriate this time of year, I hope you do too!

THE CROSS WAS HIS OWN

They borrowed a bed to lay His head
When Christ the Lord came down;
They borrowed the ass in the mountain pass
For Him to ride to town.
But the Crown that He wore and the Cross that He bore
Were His own -Yes the Cross was his own.

He borrowed the bread when the crowd He fed
On the grassy mountainside;
He borrowed the dish of broken fish
With which He sanctified;
But the Crown that He wore and the Cross that He bore
Were His own - Yes the Cross was His own.

He borrowed a ship in which to sit
To teach the multitude;
He borrowed a nest in which to rest,
He had never a home so crude;
But the Crown that He wore and the Cross that He bore
Were His own - Yes the Cross was his own.

He borrowed a room on His way to the tomb,
The Passover Lamb to eat;
The borrowed a winding sheet;
But the Crown that He wore and the Cross that He bore
Were His own - Yes the Cross was His own.

Yes Christ borrowed all that He had on this earth, yet He stands , the living, risen Son of God, stripped of all earthly possessions, saying, “All authority has been given unto me in heaven and on earth.”  (Matthew 28:18)

Pastor Bob

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