A Father Wept
On the darkest of nights
A Father's heart shattered
He wept
He led His only Son
To the hands of the one
Who demanded justice be done
A Father wept
For His only Son
A pure spotless lamb
The scapegoat for all man
A Father wept
His heart laid bare
He turned and no more could look
His only Son He forsook
A Father wept
His heart laid bare
He turned and no more could look
His only Son He forsook
A Father wept
The One who spoke eternity
Who knit infinite space
Knelt before the human race
A Father wept
For the millions of souls
Who would enter His joy
By the brokenness of His Boy
By the brokenness of His Boy
A Father wept
Tears of joy
He beheld each of us in His heart
As He did from the very start
A Father wept
For the power of life
within His Son
within His Son
Was at last unleashed for everyone
It is finished.
Background: tonight at church I stood there waiting in line for communion with my wife and 7 year old daughter, Rachel. It was Rachel's first communion with us. While waiting in line holding her hand, God gave me a glimpse of his Father's Heart. The name Rachel means 'lamb,' and by implication 'innocent lamb.' Pondering that, I was suddenly stunned by the grief that God the Father felt when He forsook His one and only Son so that we may have life through Him. I have a new appreciation for God as a Father and for what He did for us.
