Broken

Broken world

Wounded by sin.

Aching with regret.

Groaning in agony.

Broken people

Mangled by hatred.

Bruised by misunderstandings.

Lost in despair.

Broken savior

Betrayed by friends.

Shamed by enemies.

Murdered by all.

Broken death

Removed of sting.

Swallowed in victory.

Defeated by Love.

Since the children have flesh and blood,

he too shared in their humanity so that by his death

he might break the power of him who holds the power of death...

that is, the devil...

and free those who all their lives

were held in slavery by their fear of death.

Hebrews2:14-15 (NIV)

Empty

A glass,

The remnants of what it contained

Clinging to the sides, 

The bottom.

You cast off the glory of Heaven,

Yet people could see traces of it in you.

Echoes of eternity

Held in one man.

They wanted to make you royalty.

To scrape out that kingly quality

That they glimpsed at in you,

And force it into a crown.

Something that fit their vision

Of what their savior should be.

But you withdrew,

Waiting for the time

When you would empty yourself further.

Empty of your blood,

Your sweat,

Your life.

So that one day,

This stained, chipped, dirty glass

Could be filled.