“Get Behind Me”

Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,

“God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” 

He turned and said to Peter,

“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. 

You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”

Matthew 16:22-23

The road began at Nazareth
to end at Calvary.
In every moment, every breath,
you chose, oh Christ, to be:
embracing flesh, embracing death,
not bound by fate, but free.
And as I follow in your steps,
oh, clear the way for me!

You, Christ, accepted passion's call
to suffer, die, and rise,
while I cry, God forbid it all!
and say the cross is lies.
Forgive me, Lord: My steps are small;
my heart your love denies.
I follow after Adam's fall
while you go to the skies.

I'm far behind you, saving Lord,
but help me journey still:
To draw my ready, eager sword
and bend it to your will;
my empty net cast overboard
and trust in you to fill;
then follow you through death's dark door
and all my hopes fulfill.