“Father, forgive them…”

With Easter having just passed, it seemed an appropriate title. On what we call Good Friday, Jesus didn’t just HANG on the cross. Think about that. What kept Jesus from falling off the cross? He wasn’t tied to it and they didn’t give His feet this big ledge to stand on. He was NAILED to it. The nails in His hands and in His feet are what held Him up. If the pain of having the nails driven through His body wasn’t enough, then the constant pull of gravity against His own bodyweight created even more and constant pain as his bloody flesh and muscle tried to tear. And yet… Jesus said “Father, forgive them for they don’t know what they’re doing.” And after hours of agony He cries out “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” I like how the Christian Standard Bible translates it as “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” Read more ““Father, forgive them…”” →