Cross crafter, did you know that with your own hands

you made the alter that would hold creation’s greatest sacrifice?

Did you know that with your own hands

you sculpted the instrument that would reflect sin’s ultimate price?

Cross crafter, did you know that that cross you made

would hold neither a murderer nor a thief?

Did you know that that cross you made

would forever become the symbol of belief?

Cross crafter, did you know when you built that cross

that it would not hold the one for which you thought it was intended?

Did you know when you built that cross

that it would be graced with Glory, divine and splendid?

Cross crafter, did you know that that cross you assembled

would be used maliciously by a Roman squad?

Did you know that that cross you assembled

would be used to crucify the Son of God?

Cross crafter, did you know when you constructed that cross

that it would be employed to fulfill an eternal plan?

Did you know when you constructed that cross

that it would be employed to deliver the souls of man?

If you had it to do over, cross crafter,

would you fashion that cross again?

I am so glad for your handiwork, cross crafter,

for by that cross you fashioned I too was delivered from my sins.

~ Tammy Leigh Maxey