From twelve for afternoon, darkness cover the whole land until three for afternoon. Around three o’clock, Jesus shout with loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” wey mean, “My God, my God, why You abandon Me?” Matthew 27:45-46
These words wey Jesus talk go don pierce the heart of our Mama wey God bless deep well-well. She stand near Him, dey look Him with love, dey adore His wounded body wey E give for the world, and she hear this cry wey come from deep inside Him.
“My God, my God…” Na so E start. As our Mama wey God bless dey listen to im Son dey talk to Im Father for Heaven, e for don get great comfort from wetin e know about the close relationship wey Jesus get with the Father. E know pass any other person say Jesus and the Father na one. E don hear Jesus talk like this many times when E dey do Im public ministry, and through im motherly understanding and faith, e still know say im Son na the Son of the Father. And right before im eyes, Jesus dey call out to the Father.
But Jesus continue to ask, “…why You don abandon Me?” The pain for her heart for don come at once as e sense the suffering wey im Son dey go through inside. E know say the pain wey Jesus dey experience pass any pain wey wound for body fit cause. E know say Jesus dey experience deep darkness inside. The words wey E talk from the Cross confirm everything wey dey worry her as Im mama.
As our Mama wey God bless dey turn these words of im Son over and over for im heart, e for don come understand say Jesus’ suffering inside, the way E experience being alone and the spiritual sense say E don lose the Father, na gift to the world. Her perfect faith for don help her understand say Jesus dey enter into the experience of sin itself. Even though E perfect and no get sin in any way, E allow make dem draw Am into the human experience wey sin dey cause: separation from the Father. Even though Jesus never separate from the Father, E enter into the human experience of this separation so that E go bring fallen humanity back to the Father of Mercies for Heaven.
As we dey reflect on this cry of pain wey come from our Lord, all of us must try experience am as our own. Our own cry, unlike our Lord own, na because of our sins. When we sin, we turn only to ourselves, and we enter loneliness and hopelessness. Jesus come to destroy these effects and bring us back to the Father for Heaven.
Today, reflect on the deep love wey our Lord get for all of us, as E willing to experience the consequences of our sins. Our Mama wey God bless, as the mama wey perfect pass every other mama, dey with im Son every step of the way, dey share Im pain and the suffering wey E dey go through inside. E feel wetin Jesus feel, and na her love, pass any other thing, show and represent the presence of the Father for Heaven wey dey constant and no dey shake. The Father’s love show through her heart as e look im Son wey dey suffer with love.
My Mama wey love me so much, pain pierce your heart as you share the suffering wey your Son dey go through inside. Im cry say dem don abandon Am show Im perfect love. Im words show say E dey enter into the effects of sin itself, and E dey allow Im human nature experience am and redeem am.
Dear Mama, stand by me as I dey go through life and feel the effects of my own sin. Even though your Son perfect, I no perfect. My sin dey leave me lonely and full of sorrow. Make your presence as my mama for my life always remind me say the Father no dey ever leave me, and E dey always invite me to turn to Im merciful Heart.
My Lord wey dem abandon, You enter into the greatest agony wey any human being fit enter. You allow Yourself experience the effects of my own sin. Give me the grace to turn to Your Father every time wey I sin, so that I fit merit the adoption wey Your Cross win for me.
Mother Mary, pray for me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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