March 23, 2009

Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve asked,
“Is it I? Is it I?”
Then with a kiss placed on the Master’s face
betrayed Him – a sentence to die.

In the garden dark and drear,
Jesus knelt and prayed in agony.
The disciples slept and Jesus cried,
“Why could you not watch with me?”

Up that hill our Savior trod.
They spat and mocked and – CRUCIFIED!
Broken and with aching heart,
Forgive them, Lord” our Savior cried.

We betray our Savior, our Lord and our King
When pleasures that money can buy
Come first in our lives. And then we ask,
“Lord, is it I? Is it I?”

Our Savior’s heart must be breaking still
When He asks us our brother to keep.
But we go each day in our own careless way.
“Could you not watch with me?”

We crucify our Savior anew
When we hate and selfishly live.
But our Lord looks down with His infinite love,
And kindly says, “Father, forgive.”

Janet Hagley