Because He Lives
We, Too, Shall Live"
In this restless world of struggle
Answers to the questions
that daily come to mind.
We cannot see the future,
what's beyond is still unknown,
For the secret of God's kingdom
still belongs to Him alone.
But He granted us salvation
when His Son was crucified,
For life became immortal
because our Saviour died.
Life is not a transient thing,
It is change but never loss,
For Christ purchased our salvation
When He died upon the Cross.
~ Helen Steiner Rice ~
An old and beautiful legend has it that,
at the time of the crucifixion,
the dogwood was comparable in size
to the oak tree and other monarchs of the forest.
Because of its firmness and strength
it was selected as the timber for the cross,
but to be put to such a cruel use
greatly distressed the tree.
Sensing this, the crucified Jesus
in his gentle pity
for the sorrow and suffering of all
said to it:
"Because of your sorrow and pity
for My sufferings,
never again will the dogwood tree
grow large enough to be used as a cross.
Henceforth it will be slender,
bent and twisted
and its blossoms will be in the form of a cross
~ two long and two short petals.
In the center of the outer edge of each petal
there will be nail prints
~ brown with rust and stained with red
~ and in the center of the flower
will be a crown of thorns,
and all who see this will remember."
~~Author Unknown~~
revised 3-15-00/jr Midi: Joyful
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