The Crux of the Cross Written by Michael A Gomez March 27 2026

How the cross

elicits

such violence

from beyond the reach

of heaven’s peaceful realm

of mercy,

ushering the Christ

into the shedding

of innocent blood —

His blood —

from without

heaven’s gate.

Where an exodus

beyond the threshold

of divine protection

finds the scurrying

of feet

moving in haste,

in abandonment

and denial —

trying to warm

by the fire,

but only

to be exposed

and burned

by the truth.

To deny Him,

as it echoes

in the inner chambers

of thought

and memory.

I may as well

have held

the nails

that were driven in —

how my role

was pivotal

in the barbaric

and brutal act

of atonement,

an inhumane act

in human terms,

but divinely transformative

in the hands

of a holy God,

who can turn

violent, evil means

into the beauty

of divine,

peaceful ends.

To the hope

of glory

that dwells

within me —

being

the embodiment

of Christ

within me —

sent forth

on a mission

of mercy,

filled

with the compassion

of Christ,

and a heart

that beats

for a God

who is holy.

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