Psalm 22:1 – Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
“’My God, why have you abandoned me?’ is a strange way to begin a prayer if one truly feels God isn’t there. How can a prayer of desolation be a sign and signal of both God’s absence and presence? To pray Psalm 22.1 is to pray with Jesus Christ in solidarity with the suffering of the world.”
— Richard Bruxvoort Colligan,Watershed Moments in the Hebrew & Christian Scriptures: An Online, Self-Study Retreat
How do you pray in solidarity with the suffering of the world? How are your prayers signs and signals of God’s absence and presence?
I can’t remember a time when God abandoned me, but I abandoned Him too many times.