He CRIED Again
We all are familiar with the first CRY of Jesus
on the cross at Calvary. It was a one-theme CRY,
the likes of which we all often make. In our pain,
we question by asking God, "WHY?". Often, it is an
agonizing CRY but not always a quest for answers.
So it was with Jesus on the cross of Calvary when
he cried out to The Father, "...Why have you..? Like
the soldiers who heard Jesus's CRY, many who hear
our CRY misinterpret or misunderstand our CRY.
According to English-Gramma-Lessons.Com,
the origin of the expression, "If at first,
you don't succeed, try, try again," comes from
"Robert the Bruce," the first king of Scotland.
From a child we were trained about persistency.
Our parents and teachers taught us to keep trying.
They said, "If at first you don't succeed, try
and try again". We didn't always succeed, but
we learned the value of 'keep trying'.
Forgive me for my diversion and play on words. But the
word here is not 'Try' but 'CRY'. 'He CRIED again'. The
Gospel writer does not tell us that Jesus's second CRY
came in the form of words. The scholars suggest that
it was a 'CRY of triumph' after having satisfied the
Father's will for becoming man's sacrifice for sin.
This Easter reminds me that it's okay to CRY out to God.
God is neither disturbed nor perturbed by our asking, "Why".
We need not know for certain about the 'second CRY'; but
we can be certain that, indeed, the Father was pleased with
the sacrifice; and we can CRY in the confidence of triumph.
031625PS
Copyright © Curtis Johnson | Year Posted 2025
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