Dying Not Dead

"Take up your cross
Take up your cross
Take up your cross
Take up your cross, and follow Me"

Jesus called us to die
Though we whimper and cry
Jesus called us to die
"Take up your cross, and follow Me"

Jesus didn't call us to a lethal injection
Jesus didn't call us to a quick decapitation
Jesus didn't call us to a bullet in our head
"Take up your cross, and follow Me"

Stubborn as we may be
Writhing on display for all to see
In lingering pain and agony
"Take up your cross, and follow Me"

Jesus didn't call us to a death quick and painless
Jesus didn't call us to a life cheap and fruitless
Jesus didn't didn't call us to any of this
"Take up your cross, and follow Me"

Jesus didn't call us to a lethal injection
Jesus didn't call us to a quick decapitation
Jesus didn't call us to a bullet in our head
Jesus hanged, and Jesus bled
Not a sword or arrow, but asphixiation
Lingering, agonizinng, painful prostration
On display for all people and nations
"Take up your cross, and follow Me"

"Take up your cross
Take up your cross
Take up your cross
Take up your cross, and follow Me"