Mark 15:34
34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
Psalm 22:1-8
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.4 In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted, and you delivered them.5 To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.8 “He trusts in the LORD,” they say, “let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
At times we feel God is not helping us. And we might feel we deserved it or maybe we feel we don’t, or maybe it’s a mix of the two (in various ratios, maybe or maybe not leading in the positive).
Anyhow, such is life, and it’s interesting that Jesus and King David of the Old Testament had such strong experiences. What can be learned from it? I suppose the deep message is that life is tough, maybe a test, and it’s not our place to feel like we’re owed an easy path. Well, an easy path may not be best for character development maybe.
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