In our Christian worldview, this week is called "Holy Week". I am not only looking at the symbols, reminders, and the passages that we review during this week, the memorial, but I am looking further past the gift of Jesus's sacrifice on the cross. This week I am challenged by the humanness of Jesus. As one of my professors said in class this week, "From upon the cross when Jesus says, 'Elio! Elio! lema sabachithana?" which means "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me.' He is actually shouting READ PSALMS 22 READ PSALMS 22!!!" Psalms 22:1-2 1 says, "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 no answer, and by night, but I find no rest." I look back and see that holy week is not a series of symbols, how to be a better person, or recognized that "Yeah, I sinned this many times this year, and this sin was a doosey...
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