My body can't endure this intense pain
My voice wants to scream out but I refrain
Nails are driven through my hands and feet
So many beatings the number I can't repeat

This nausea in my stomach is hard to ignore
My nerves are frayed I can't take much more

People stare with curiosity or is it disgust
Father, give Me strength to stay here I must

I feel a wet sponge against my swollen lip
A soldier just stabbed me above the right hip

Is all this humiliation I'm carrying not enough
Agonizingly nailed to this cross that is so rough

My lungs are stinging with every breath I take
Unconsciousness lingers but I must stay awake

A drink of water I need if someone would
They give me vinegar just because they should

I hear My mother crying somewhere below Me
This is the destiny I was born for doesn't she see

There is a murderer beside Me calling out My Name
He believes Me at My Word-now he'll never be the same

Angels are waiting to take Me I only need to call
But I must stay here and die for one and for all

The purpose of hanging here in disgrace on this tree
Is to free them from sin if they'll choose to love Me

Father, I am ready to give up My soul and My Spirit
I have showed the Way to those who would hear it

Father, accept My ultimate sacrifice for all to receive
Enduring such pain that no man can conceive

Release Your forgiveness and mercy upon each one
For eternal death is the victory I have now won

Father, forgive them for they know not what they do
I pray they turn from sin and with pure hearts seek You

Don't turn away from Me, Father, I feel so very weak
It is so difficult for me to think or even to speak

The pain in my lungs can't match the pain in my heart
I have loved these children with My life from the start

I know they don't love Me now but someday they will
Even if they choose not to love Me back . . . I love them still


~Author Unknown~