A rose, trampled on the ground

Music inspires me so much. Sometimes my greatest inspiration to write is from music. I will hear a song and see a story that goes with it. A song could break me down or build me up. A piano piece could make me cry, or laugh. An orchestra could easily bring me to my knees. Music is one of the most beautiful things in this world, and we can't even see it. There is a song that touched my heart at my tonight. We sang it in worship at my weekly bible study. Out of the 5 songs our worship leader sang I only recognized two. The first one, "You're Beautiful", was great, but it didn't effect me like it usually does. But the final song she sang, "Above All"...I was so moved, I was shaking and I almost began to cry. This line hit me so hard I almost lost my breath:


"You lived to die, rejected and alone.
Like a rose trampled on the ground.
You took the fall, and thought of ME,
Above ALL!"

Have you ever seen a rose trampled on the ground? It's pathetic, sad, useless, unkempt, destroyed, humiliated. Something so beautiful, perfect, unique, colorful, sweet smelling, confident: GONE! Can you imagine never seeing a rose again? Not even in a flower shop. Never again seeing one of the most popular flowers of sorrowful mourners and forgetful husbands.


"You lived to die, rejected and alone"


Can you imagine you're only purpose in life is to die? You're ultimate goal in life is to die at a young age. Not just die, murdered! Murdered by the people you trusted. You will be hated by everyone you know. All alone, the only person left who believes in you won't be able to do anything but watch you die. Now imagine knowing all of this from birth on.
You can't can you? Because we don't know our future. We never will. But Jesus did. He knew he would be the rose, trampled on the ground. He knew he would live to die. He knew he would be rejected, and alone. But you know why he did it?

"You took the fall, and thought of ME,
Above ALL!"

He did it for you, for me, for everyone! In all of the things he could've thought about while he was dieing, it wasn't "Oh cool it get to be with my dad now." or "You're wrong you losers!" or "I'll be back!" No, he thought of YOU! YOU! He thought of ME! How amazing is that?! That the GOD OF THE UNIVERSE loves you so much that he would put his son's life up in exchange for yours, but he was HUMILIATED, which could be far worse than death. So next time you see a rose, trampled on the ground. Remember who took the fall, who thought of you, ABOVE ALL!