Rejection of Perfection

Pain is a synonym for the life He lived

for you

Compelled by love, there nothing He wouldn't do

for you

though a cardiac stricken ache, He Kept breathing to extend your breath.

He emerged from the rags of life on his mission of reconciliation,

Knowing the cost, He still ignored hesitation,

He brutally lost His cousin John with no consolation,

He seemed to have not allowed himself to fully grieve cause they needed his help.

He knew the rejection coming though He was willing to suffer for your acceptance- took the nails for your repentance-

Guilty of none of your crimes but He took the weight of the sentence.

.Do you know his pursuit for you was RELENTLESS.

He showed love to the unloved and laid seeing eyes on the forgotten,

undoing the evil clutches that we were caught in,

Rejected in his hometown (there's that familiar scent)

Isolated and persecuted because he was Heaven sent.

And of the disciples claimed close to His heart,

He dined and taught them knowing they would leave him from the start.

blind eyes opened like the red sea, souls redeemed form suppressed suffering,

year long cried turned into praise, palms laid on a Sunday.

All leading up to one day...

The crowds that once sang his praise demanded for his death,

Rejection, what a companion, was the only one left.

Innocent as if he were a lamb lead to being slaughtered,

He shared the shame of those guilty of theft.

His beating lashes punctuated with spits of scorn,

He bathed in the pain and wore the crown of thorns,

He chose not to summon angels to prove His worth and fame

and told the Father, " Forgive them..." as He took the blame.

The closest encounter with perfection had to endure the ultimate rejection.

one day you might accept Him that died for you, and Be accepted**