"My God, my God, why ...

have you forsaken me"?

God the Father laid on His Son

the sins of His  people.  

The Father hated sin. 

In that hatred for sin 

God turned away from His

sin-bearer Son.  

The Father gave His Son up 

to suffer all the weight of sin.

The Father's wrath was poured out 

on Him  -- for me.

Instead of me.

It is an amazing thought that God deeply and lovingly

approved of His Son on the cross that day.  

They planned it together before the foundations of the world.

The cross was the crowing act of the LORD Jesus' 

obedience and love to His Father.

Jesus' death was a fragrant offering to God.

Ephesians 5:2

And God truly saw it as a fragrant offering. 
I cannot imagine the agony

of the Father turning His back ... 

Yet ... He delighted in His Son's obedience and love.


GIVE ME A SIGHT, O SAVIOR

Give me a sight, O Savior,
Of Thy wondrous love to me,
Of the love that brought Thee down to earth,
To die on Calvary.


Oh, make me understand it,


Help me to take it in,


What it meant to Thee, THE HOLY ONE,


To bear away my sin.

• Was it the nails, O Savior,
  That bound Thee to the tree?
  Nay, 'twas Thine everlasting love,
  Thy love for me, for me.
  
  
  Oh, wonder of all wonders,
  That through Thy death for me,
  My open sins, my secret sins,
  Can all forgiven be.
  
  
  Then melt my heart, O Savior,
  Bend me, yea, break me down,
  Until I own Thee Conqueror,
  And Lord and Sov'reign crown.