Doing some Holy Week reflection poems this week to help center my heart and mind on the beauty of the Crucifixion and Resurrection. I pray they encourage your heart as well.
“The Lord Has Need of It” – based on Luke 19:28-40
A colt, untied
To fulfill prophecy
Because the Lord
Had need of it.
A pathway into Jerusalem,
Strewn with cloaks
And well-meaning shouts –
Because the Lord
Had need of it.
Obedient disciples
On mission
For their Master –
Because the Lord
Had need of it.
Lord,
What do You
Have need of
In my life right now?
What do I
Need to surrender
In order that
You might be glorified?
What mission do You
Need me to take up –
What obedience do You
Ask me to render –
What praise do You
Rightly deserve –
What pilgrim path do You
Want me to follow?
On the eve of this Holy Week –
A week of solitary seclusion –
A week of mournful celebration –
I look to You for answers.
Help me to see
What You, my Lord,
Have need of
In quiet reflections, prayers, and praise.
And may You
Receive with joy and gratitude
All You deserve
And much more beside.
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