Episode 32: Myrrh & Aloe

Walking through the lyrics of a passover song. Thoughts on commemorating holy days in ways that don't conform to this world.  

Myrrh & Aloe :: 

DARKNESS SPILLED LIKE INK, THEY SAY 
BLOOD SOAKED THE EARTH AND IT SHOOK 
AND ROCKS CAVED
HOLINESS HUNG ON MOCKED DISPLAY
IF THEY’D HAVE KNOWN, HE WOULDN’T STAY THAT WAY

WORD OF GOD MADE FLESH AND NAMED
COME TO RESCUE, SLAIN TO SAVE
ELI, HE CRIED, BUT NOT IN VAIN 
THE ONE WITH A SWORD FOR A TONGUE GAVE DEATH A TASTE 
JESUS DIED BUT HE DIDN’T STAY THAT WAY


BEHOLD THE BODIES OF 
THE SLEEPING SAINTS WERE RAISED
BEHOLD, THE VEIL IS TORN 
BEHOLD, THE TEMPLE IS REPLACED 

MYRRH AND ALOE, RICH IN WEIGHT 
THE AUTHOR OF LIFE WAS WRAPPED IN SPICE 
AND BURIED IN A GRAVE 
THE KINGDOM OF EVIL THOUGHT IT WON THAT DAY
BUT HE DIDN’T STAY THAT WAY

 IF THEY’D HAVE KNOWN, HE WOULDN’T STAY THAT WAY

~ Patient endurance is what we need now. Take heart. ~