Can I make something clear?

I wasn’t there when they crucified my Lord.

Every year the song asks the question, and every year I think to myself:

Nope.  Wasn’t there.

Wasn’t there when they nailed him to the tree.
Wasn’t there when they laid him in the tomb.
Wasn’t there when the sun refused to shine.

I wasn’t there.  Wasn’t born.

Hadn’t a clue.

I’m very sorry that it happened.  I wish those people hadn’t crucified Jesus.

But I wasn’t there!

Last supper?  Not there.

In the garden?  Not there.

DO YOU HEAR ME, WORLD?  I WAS NOT PRESENT FOR ANY OF THESE EVENTS!

IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I MAKE THIS CLEAR, BECAUSE…

Because I want to put as much space as possible between that Holy Week and this one.

Okay? Clear?

I wasn’t there.

End of discussion.

 

(But why am I trembling?)

 

Have a HOLY week,

Mitch