Breathless Wonderment

Barnabas

Hidden from the mystics whose writings had foretold 
With shattering simplicity, the mystery unfolds 
A small bouquet of cells becomes a living child 
Fathered by the great I AM, a mother; gentle, mild

Nurtured in the shadow of the iron Roman fist 
Shunning the dementia no human can resist 
Reports of earthly wonders stir the troubled universe 
The second Adam suffers to restore the fallen first

Hosanna Hosanna 
Breathless wonderment 
The perfect sacrament

From the dreadful crags of Zion, and the lowly Bethlehem 
The mighty heart of God is pierced as nail pierces hand 
The Spirit broods in silence as He did when time was young 
The Father turns away from His beloved, tortured Son

Stumbling, with my face toward the twisting, sobbing sky 
The dream is reality, through tear-streaked spirit eyes 
The wickedness I cherish bruised the One I claim to serve 
The horrendous crucifixion, I most richly deserved