My God, My God Why Have You Abandoned Me?
As a believer in Christ when I read or hear someone talking about His death and resurrection, I start feeling these strong mixed emotions. I feel amazed and in awe that Christ had the power to defeat death, but at the same time I feel sadness because He went through the pain of an arrest, trial, flogging, and painful crucifixion for my sins and up to this day I still fail Him time and again. There is one point during His crucifixion that I always go back to in which our Lord truly expresses the pain and sorrow that He was feeling. Upon studying the word, it was revealed that about six hours had passed between the time of Christ's crucifixion and His death. During those six hours of pain and agony Christ stuttered seven sayings (I'm quoting from the NLT Bible version): 1. "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing" - Luke 23:34 2. "I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise." - Luke 23:43 3. "Dear woman, here is you...