In exchange for a thorny wreath of pain.
A team's slapping of backs after a victorious game
In exchange for whips and lashes upon a naked back.
Sneakers, high heels, and flip-flops
In exchange for bare, dusty feet trudging painfully, worn from a heavy burden.
Shouts of laughter and titters of joy, senseless chattering
In exchange for the jeers and taunts of His own people.
Clothing of cotton, silk, and velvet
In exchange for a blood-stained robe snatched from a bare back.
Various accessories: brooches, bracelets, and rings
In exchange for inches-long nails driven upon worn hands and feet.
Tickles between friends, between mother and children,
In exchange for painful thrusts of a spear on the side.
Manicured pets of all shapes, sizes, and colors
In exchange for the death of the sacrificial lamb.
Pumping iron in the gym, no clarity whether for health or vanity
In exchange for the One who bore the weight of the world.
The supreme sacrifice, the greatest love of all,
Is this what this has bought?
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POSTSCRIPT: God really spoke to me through this. I'd like to say that I didn't write this, but rather He used me as His instrument to come up with this, as He convicted me because of it.
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