John's Quandary
There followed in the shadows one who did not run away
That dark and dreadful evening when they led the Lord away
One who though fearful followed from a distance so to see
What could be in the working for this Man of Galilee
For John though filled with terror as events there did unfold
Remembered what the Saviour of Jerusalem had told
How He would be arrested and would cause their greatest grief
When He Who was so holy would be treated like a thief
Their Master and Provider the great Healer and their Friend
Whom they had sworn to follow to the very bitter end
But when in fact were tested just like cowards ran away
For fear of what would happen if they chose with Him to stay
And as he watched in horror heard the things the priests did say
Demanding Christ be crucified made with His life to pay
His heart would not release him from the promise he had made
The promise to be with Him though no other ones had stayed
So there he stood each moment as each time the Lord was tried
Until through all the beatings He at last was crucified
And hung there bruised and bleeding just one wound because of men
Who blindly crucified Him Who would cleanse them of their sin
If they had only listened as the scriptures told them to
To all the words He'd spoken of what God would have them do
To spread the precious gospel of the Lamb of Sacrifice
The Lamb of God's anointing their Messiah Jesus Christ
The One Who was prefigured by the sacrificial lamb
The One Who told old Moses that He was the great I Am
The One Who cleansed the lepers healed the sick made blind to see
The One Whom now they tortured on the cross of Calvary
They would have been most honored as they watched Him lay aside
His worldly outer garments so the knife could be applied
And would in awe have taken of His blood for all our sins
To sprinkle once upon the Ark to change the hearts of men
But there instead he watched them knowing not what he should do
To honor Him Who loved him after all that He'd been through
Until he heard from Jesus take My mother as your own
And died the Lamb of promise for His people to atone
John 19:23-30