A Long Friday turned Good

Good Friday has arrived - in Denmark it is called Long Friday.
 Easter is coming too, but this year I find my heart drawn to what happened back then on that day.

Specifically to Jesus' cry in Matthew 27:45-46 "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me".
         It has gripped my heart, do you hear the sound of agony, desperation and loneliness?

I have come to realize, this is the very first time Jesus gets separated from his father!

No oneness!
                     No presence!
                                           No communication!
                                                                                    ...... silence!

In that moment, when God made Jesus sin, he turned away also.
 "He made Him,who knew no sin, to be sin for us" (2nd. Cor. 5.21) and for the very first time Jesus felt what sin was like, and it's dire consequence; separation from God.
                He endured the last moments in life alone, separated from God, his father.

The Father heart of God -
sometimes I wonder if we forget that God feels, has emotions........ a heart.
     
                  What incredible sorrow and agony this must have brought to his heart.

The only way I can try and relate is by thinking as a parent; How much would I go through and how far would I go to rescue my daughter if she was in any kind of trouble or peril? Think of that. Can you imagine?
                                                 Jesus was God's son -

      but for our sake he would not rescue him, even when he heard him cry out directly to him.

My heart has plummeted in to sorrow, 'understanding' just a snippet more of the cost and price paid.
-it also expanded in deeper gratitude yet, and in effort to grasp this love.

I pray your heart is open to receive this kind of love - it is not to be understood, earned, reasoned with - it is God, your Father and Creator's gift to you.
                                                                                            All you can do, is receive it.