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