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He knows what we know


“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 
“Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, 
“My God, My God, why have you foresaken Me?” 

Matt 27:45-46

Of all the astonishing words that Jesus of Nazareth shared with with us, this short, final utterance touches me more profoundly than any other. The man who had to be “emptied out” is heard. In this moment, he declares what he feels: alone and abandoned.  Jesus recalls us to the truth of his humanity with the anguish of this plea. He reassures us that the arising of fear and doubt is a legitimate part of this earthly trial of (apparent) separation.

He knows what we know. It is hard it is to be here.

*Now go and read Psalm 22 for further consolation.

Craigie Aitchison, Crucifixion II
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Paul’s wisdom, always pertinent

"...we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh." 

2 Corinthians 4: 7-11