the hour had come,
the time was ripe,
the gift was ready..
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but this was no
easy giving,
life did not
bleed away
readily, it struggled
to survive,
cried out in agony,
and grappled
with its fate,
until
bleeding sweat
poured down
his brow,
and his heart
broke under the weight
of its own breaking…
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the hour had come,
the time was ripe,
the gift was ready,
so he rose from his knees
and gave all…
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the hour has come,
the time is ripe,
the gift is ready,
this offered offering
is ours
today
made whole
in resurrection promise,
through resurrection power…
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(how often do we receive the fullness of it?)
(Christensen’s Atonement of Jesus)
Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to receive glory.24 What I’m about to tell you is true. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only one seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
(John 12: 23-24)
Eternal footsteps 