DAILY READINGS by Charles Spurgeon
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MORNING: April 15 We here behold the Savior in the depth of his sorrows. No other place so well shows
the grief of Christ as Calvary, and no other moment at Calvary is so full of agony as
that in which his cry rends the air--"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me?" At this moment physical weakness was united with acute mental torture from the
shame and ignominy through which he had to pass; and to make his grief culminate with
emphasis, he suffered spiritual agony surpassing all expression, resulting from the
departure of his Father's presence. This was the black midnight of his horror; then it was
that he descended the abyss of suffering. No man can enter into the full meaning of these
words. Some of us think at times that we could cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?" There are seasons when the brightness of our Father's smile is eclipsed
by clouds and darkness; but let us remember that God never does really forsake us. It is
only a seeming forsaking with us, but in Christ's case it was a real forsaking. We grieve
at a little withdrawal of our Father's love; but the real turning away of God's face from
his Son, who shall calculate how deep the agony which it caused him? |
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From Charles H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.
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