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Take Me Back to Mount Calvary
by

Vicki Wood

Lord, take me back
To Mount Calvary,
Where they nailed you
To the old rugged cross.

That's where you died,
To set everyone's soul free.
You saved all, and paid the price,
So we wouldn't be lost.

I want to touch
The cherished ground
Where your precious blood
So freely fell.

Help me follow you,
So I will be heaven bound.
For, with you, all things are possible
And I will not go to hell.

Take me back, so I can sit there
And feel your presence.
Let me feel you touch me,
In every sense of the word.

I can't imagine being there,
Watching you slip away
In such a great reverence.

Then you ask, "Father,
Why have you forsaken me?"
I wish I could've heard ...

To watch the clouds darken
So eerily in the sky.
To see the pain and agony
Throughout your body and face.

Your place in heaven
Is my place too,
So beautiful and sanctified.

You lift your head and your words.
You say, "It is finished,"
And died with a precious grace.

Joseph asked Pilate for your body,
When they took you down.
He took your limp body
And wrapped it in linen
That was so very clean.

The crowd was so quiet
And awe struck;
No one said a word,
Not even a sound.

They took you to the tomb,
Placed you on the ledge,
Closed the tomb;
Where you were sealed
And never to be seen.

I wish I could've been there, Lord,
To see the stone rolled back
And you weren't there ...

To see the angel,
The now empty tomb
And limp cloth that you
Were enshrouded ...

To feel the elation by question,
"If he's not here, then,
do you know where?"

For, that day was so
Beautiful and so bright.
It was so very unclouded.

Lord, the elation your mother,
Mary, must have felt in her heart
To turn around to see
Her precious son's face;
The one who died on the cross ...

To know he is still here
Forever and he shall
Never, never, part.
She gained her son back
And death has a terrible loss.

Lord, take me back
To Mount calvary
Where your life ended
And mine began.

I want to feel
Your precious touch
And to know I have
A sanctified re-birth.

When you open your arms
And tell me, "Come, my child,"
I will come and take your hand.

Now, here, in our last days,
To hear you say, "It is finished,"
To have you come back
To us, here, on earth.

© 2002 Vicki Wood

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