Journey to Wholeness
And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Mark 15:34
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When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
That he may instruct us in his ways,
and we may walk in his paths.”
He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.”
John 19:28
Athirst is my soul for the living God.
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
Genesis 1:31 (RSV)
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.
Therefore, keep the commandments of the Lord, your God,
Deuteronomy 8:6
by walking in his ways and fearing him.
Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:24 (RSV)
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
My soul waits for the Lord
more than sentinels wait for the dawn.
… Read the restThen Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry.
Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
That he may instruct us in his ways,
and we may walk in his paths.”