WONDROUS GRACE!

Once Martin Luther sat for hours in his study meditating over the words of our Lord upon the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Finally, he stood and pounded his desk, crying, "God forsaking God! No man can understand that!" Luther's conclusion was true. We can never understand how God can forsake his Son. That is a depth into which we cannot dive. But we do know why God forsook his Son. Those whom our Lord represented deserved to be forsaken. When the immaculate Mediator took our sins upon himself, the law and holiness of God demanded that he be forsaken. But there is honey in the rock. Since Christ was forsaken for me, I can be assured that I shall not be forsaken of God!