A Crowd Had Gathered


I wrote this a couple weeks ago for use in today's Palm Sunday service:

A crowd had gathered, much like today
“Look! He is coming,” we heard them say
Such excitement had filled the air
Something great was happening there

We had heard the rumors of a Messiah you see
Who had come to set our people free
Could this be the man we had waited for?
To kick out Rome and settle the score?

We grabbed our cloaks and ran for the gate
Passing by the ones we hate
Those Roman soldiers standing there
Soon they would be within our snare

Palms where placed on the dusty ground
Voices called out all around
As we saw Him heading our way
The drummers then began to play

Like fire, excitement swept through the crowd
The people were singing, their voices were loud
“Hosanna, hosanna, he is our king.”
These are the words you could hear them sing.

“Stop them,” the priests begged, “if you can”
“If they do not praise the Son of Man”
He said as he looked out over the crowd
“Then the rocks and trees will praise me out loud.”

The crowd never stopped they shouted as one,
“Blessed is He, the One who has come.”
Wherever he went, so went the throng
And on and on they continued their song

Then we joined in with the growing crowd
And raised our voices good and loud:
“Blessed Messiah, hosannas we sing
The Son of David, Jesus our King”

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