"...for the Joy..."

For The Joy

All my anxious thoughts -present, behind, and ahead

Mountain high to Valley Green

Wind and strife seek to define

Oh, but for the Joy set before,

Oh, for the joy set before Him he endured the cross

Amazing grace a distant sound 

often I forget the solid ground

Amazing mercies new each day

Seem covered by the clouds, dismay

Oh, but for the joy set before

Oh, for the joy set before he endured the cross

Daffodils and tulips new

Blossoms fall and green renewed

April snow may cover the seed

But flowers pierce the ground beneath

Oh, the joy set before

Oh, the joy set before him he endured the cross

When all seemed lost

Scattered hearts three days long

Early before the sun had risen

stone rolled away

in the garden His voice heard

his breath gave life

Disbelief’s hand to his pierced side

Later seen by many,

together, speaking, eating

Oh for the joy set before him

He endured the cross

Hope alive today, Victory sure

Death’s sting gone

Life forevermore

(For The Joy, Glimpse poetry, by Joe Holuta)