Crown of Thorns

I am the thorn in His crown but

He loves me anyway

He who deserved an army chose common

men who denied knowing their beloved Teacher

He could have selected an army of skill

soldiers with great virtues or rich in wealth

People with obvious benefits to share

He chose to be the one Who gave Everything

He showed Himself to the ‘poor in spirit’

Beaten sinners touched His wounds

To the fallen warriors He spoke “Peace”

In His Name believing, we obtain Life

I am the thorn in His crown

and He loves me anyway

-Mim '23

Only in the disciples’ recognition of His risen presence did Christ’s Messiahship finally make sense. Indeed, what the early Jewish believers discovered when they “found the stone rolled away from the tomb” (Luke 24:2) and saw that “Jesus himself stood among them” (v 36) was that an eternal hope, joy, and power ignited within their hearts.

   And these remain available to all who put their trust in Jesus, the resurrected Messiah. It is the resurrection, and only the resurrection, that changes sadness, sorrow, and defeat into hope, joy, and power. It is the resurrection, and only the resurrection, that declares that our Messiah will defeat His enemies, will restore His people, and will rule from sea to sea.

-Allistair Begg