Christian Poems and Reflections - Poem about Christ's Atonement

"I Thought of You"- Poem

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I Thought of You

 I created all as I thought of you
I smiled as earth’s beauties I made
For you were, and are, always before me
Life was planned for your growth and your change

I thought of you, my beloved child
For I had already determined to come
To ransom you- at whatever the cost
What needed to be…it would all be done

And so I came in the midst of time
My everlasting love to prove
To submit my will unto the Father’s
Descending below all that would happen to you

I lived each moment in righteousness
Loving you, as I’d loved Father above
Baptized unto Him in the Jordan
The Spirit descending, from heaven, as dove

I healed and served in sorrows and joys
And through each moment, I always thought of you
Hoping my life would be your example
Of how to live, and of all that you should do

Yet, I always knew that you would stumble
That your greatest regrets, in life, would be
Not your trials, but your careless mistakes
The pain you’d caused and the sorrows you would leave

I could not bear to see you suffer these alone
Without hope that you could truly be- set free
So I determined to pay for each of these
Bringing th’eternal consequences unto me

So I lived for you and taught for you
Amid the taunting, the threats, and the scorn
For I was ordained to be slaughtered
As your Lamb, I was the sacrifice born

Then on the eve of the Passover feast
Sacrament was given, as I blessed and brake
Symbols of my body and of my blood
Communion giving you my Spirit and my strength

And as the sun’s rays withdrew from the land
I, the Son, prepared to do the same…
In Gethsemane’s garden, I suffered all your sins
Blood burst forth as I took upon your pains

And when I thought I could bear no more
God sent an angel- as all eternity hung…
In this fragile balance…there I thought of you
To save you- was the hope to which I clung

And I bowed down in love, as I was stripped and chained
The air cracked and the whips tore through my skin
When legions of angels would have borne me away
I stayed there, filled with love for you within

I accepted the soldiers’ crown of mocking thorns
Piercing my body, now torn and bleeding through
I accepted all of it, in the simple hope
That one day, you would accept me too

I wanted you to know though your sins were scarlet
That I could change you back, just as the whitest snow
That I would condescend to save you- no matter how far
That in your suffering, I’d never leave you alone

My love for you gave me the strength to be tried
When “Crucify Him!” was the all-resounding cry
I thought of you as my condemnation grew closer
You brought me peace when Pilate sentenced me to die

Then throughout the streets, I dragged my heavy beam
Stumbling and struggling until I fell
Yet knowing, that to save you- there was no other way
I drank the dregs of this bitter cup of hell

And as I was nailed to the tortured cross
With each pound..the mallet…my flesh tore through
My body racked as I painfully cried
Father forgive them!... For I loved them as I love you!

Then I was raised to bear the suffering hours
While disciples and my dear mother wept ‘neath the cross
And throughout this searing pain and agony
I told myself, you were worth this ev’ry cost

I submitted to a lawless judgment for you
To atone for all pain…sorrow…sin…regret
Until God and all creation could finally accept
The price was high enough…that I had paid all debts

Then came the profoundly lonely moment
As my Father’s Spirit, He reluctantly withdrew
Allowing me to be forsaken…to triumph alone
I hung there and in the silence thought of you

I thought of you…knowing I could not yet leave
A while longer…the cross, I must endure
Then all would be paid, and all would be right
My saving grace would finally be sure

I bore those moments, hoping you’d always know
Through my strength every challenge could be won
That for each sorrow, shame, and regret
If you’d ask- I’d give you th'power to overcome

And when it was finished, I humbly bowed my head
And I let my grateful spirit fly
As the blood and water from my broken heart
Flowed to the cross from the sword that pierced my side

Still, my mission- as Messiah- was yet not over
For I had spirits that had gone before to save
I went and threw open the doors of spirit prison
Rescuing all from Satan’s grasp and the from the grave

I thought again of you on the third solemn day
Resurrected within the sacred tomb
You were in my thoughts as angels rolled away the stone
I smiled for you as the sun dispelled all gloom

Praise be to God! The Atonement was now finished!
And I promise that I’ll always care for you
Please trust me and accept my powerful grace
Dearest Child, All I’ve done- it was for you!


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