Easter Poem--a Christian Easter reflection
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I Thirst
by Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos
Is it possible that He who claimed to be living water...
Is it possible that He who said, "Come unto Me and drink..."
Is it possible that He who told the Samaritan woman
that He had water she knew nothing about...
Is it possible that this Man could mouth the words,
"I thirst?"
And because He did, the incarnation message of Christmas
is voiced in this human cry of Good Friday.
Jesus the divine Creator of life
is now subject to the creation and the creature's basic needs.
Yes, Jesus, the Son of God, actually needed water.
For six hours He hung from a calloused cross on a hot barren hill
beneath a darkened middle-eastern sky.
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