From Gethsemane To Golgotha Poem by Denis Martindale

When God is silent, doubt begins,
Yet Jesus prayed again,
Was this the time to die for sins
And if not now, then when?
And if that cup of death must be,
Was that too much to ask?
Would Jesus walk to Calvary
And thus complete the task?

Gethsemane beneath His feet,
Upon the world He made,
Where Judas came, his friend to meet,
One kiss with Christ betrayed...
And then the dark night of the soul,
Would Jesus stand His ground?
Would Jesus master self-control
With demons all around?

The leaders of His day played sport,
His flesh their battlefield,
They gave His pain no single thought,
For He, the thousands healed...
Yet Christ withstood the onslaught till
Golgotha was declared
And so Christ climbed, obeyed God's will,
So that we could be spared...

Though sin is deadly every time,
Yet pardon has its price,
Behold the man, God's Son, sublime,
Behold the sacrifice...
And let imagination serve
To stir compassion's sigh,
As Christ is raised up from the Earth
And destined thus to die...

Cascading mercies fall below,
From front and back descend,
As righteous blood must overflow
From Christ, the Sinner's Friend...
By faith, just faith and faith alone,
The Saviour suffered all,
His love, the greatest ever known,
His finest miracle...

Yet God works miracles as well,
He raised Christ from the dead,
To prove that Christ could save from Hell,
For that is why He bled...
The risen Lord has much to do,
Two thousand years or so,
Still reaching out to me and you,
For how else can we grow?

Today is just another day,
Unless God gives us light,
His Word is there to lead the way,
To help us do what's right...
A thousand pages thereabouts,
With Israel centre stage,
God-given faith to end our doubts
In this, God's golden age...


Denis Martindale, copyright, August 2013.


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