why

Usually during the Christmas or Easter season, I tend to focus on one particular part of Jesus' birth or death/resurrection. The past week or so, I've been thinking a lot about Jesus' death on the cross, especially when he was forsaken by God the Father. God had to turn His back on His own Son. I'm sure Jesus' heart was broken that the people he was dying to save had no clue how much they were hurting him. And I'm sure that Jesus' physical pain was unbearable. But I would think that the most difficult part of his death was being rejected by His Father. Can you imagine what it would be like to talk to God and know that He could not listen? He had to turn away from you and do nothing? No, we can't. We can't imagine that, because it's never happened to us. We have always been able to access the Lord through our relationship with Christ. Even before we knew we wanted to talk to God, even when we were sinners, Jesus died. For us. So we could have a way to the Father. This song by (surprise) Nichole Nordeman has been shattering my heart lately. It so accurately describes what it must have been like for Jesus to cry out to God when he was on the cross.

Click here to listen to the song. I hope God uses it to break your heart like He has mine!