Forsaken but Forgiven

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. -- Psalm 22:1–2 (ESV) Have you ever felt like God was distant or unavailable to you? Like he forgot who you were or what you needed? Maybe it was in a moment that you needed his help the most. What did you do? What did you pray? One thing I like about the Psalms is the honesty of emotions. The passages are not a pious religious rehearsal but a real human cry of longing, fear, and trouble. They are often more honest then we are willing to be. In Psalm 22, David is struggling to sense and know God's presence and gain God's help. He wonders if God has cast him to the side. This struggle and his words find their way into Jesus' mouth and the gospel writer's pen to describe the life and work of Christ. Join us on Sunday as we explore this Psalm, one of the most used and quoted in the New Testament. It will help us connect not only David's but our experience to that of Christ's work.