“𝘔𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘮𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘖 𝘮𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵." Psalm 22:1-2 As we remember Good Friday today, this psalms portray the cries & laments of an individual who experienced a deep sense of injustice and forsakenness. Despite his pain & cries to the Lord, he still acknowledged the holiness of God, and trusted in Him for vindication. Verse 1 here prefigures the cries of our Lord Jesus Christ, when He was crucified on the cross, and at that very moment, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46). We too may be experiencing a sense of injustice in our lives today, we maybe feeling forsaken by God, where our cries & pain seems to be unheard. However, let us remember that our Lord Jesus Christ also went through such "God-forsakeness", where He experienced the full weight of sin of the world upon Himself. Christ died for all of us even those who are feeling God-forsaken, and that is the truth of the gospel message that we can seek comfort and trust that Jesus can vindicate us from this experience. As the psalmist realized God has delivered our forefathers, we too know that He will deliver us as well through His Son, our Lord and our Savior, Jesus Christ! It's Friday... But Sunday's Coming! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqs2vjayVcH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
