Tuesday December 10, 2002

~ Forsaken… ~

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” – which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

— Matthew 27:46 —

     Jesus knows of a separation from God that we will never know. The physical torture, the heaping of insults… and then the worse part comes when God leaves Jesus alone. A spiritual disconnection that seems to have hurt Him more than all the physical torture. He took our sins onto Himself and became a sacrifice… a final atonement. Paying the wage for sin, which is death and seperation from God. Paying it so that we could have eternal life through Him. So when you experience a loss that leaves you reeling, God understands… He understands more than you know. For us… because of what Jesus has done… it will be forever:

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

— Romans 8:38-39 —

Can I get a ” *~Praise the LORD!~* ” ?

^_^