Read: Psalm 22:1-10

Those who know Jesusare never alone.

认识耶稣就永不孤单。

Jesus cried out in aloud voice, . . . “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  --Matthew 27:46

耶稣大声喊着说：「……我的上帝！我的上帝！为什么离弃我？」-马太福音27章46节

Russianwriter Fyodor Dostoyevsky said, “The degree of civilization in a society can bejudged by entering its prisons.” With that in mind, I read an online articledescribing “The Top 8 Deadliest Prisons in the World.” In one of these prisonsevery prisoner is held in solitary confinement.

俄国作家杜斯妥也夫斯基曾说：「要判断一个社会文明的程度，就去看它的监狱。」基于这个观点，我读了一篇网路文章，介绍世界最残酷的八所监狱。其中有一所监狱，将每个犯人单独关在与外界隔绝的禁闭室中。

Weare intended to live and relate in relationships and community, not inisolation. This is what makes solitary confinement such a harsh punishment.

我们都希望能与他人有互动、生活在群体之中，而非与世隔绝。正因如此，将人单独拘禁于禁闭室中，就成为一种残酷的惩罚。

Isolationis the agony Christ suffered when His eternal relationship with the Father wasbroken on the cross. We hear this in His cry captured in Matthew 27:46: “Aboutthree in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lemasabachthani?’ (which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’).” AsHe suffered and died under the burden of our sins, Christ was suddenly alone,forsaken, isolated, cut off from His relationship with the Father. Yet Hissuffering in isolation secured for us the promise of the Father: “Never will Ileave you; never will I forsake you” (Heb. 13:5).

当基督在十架上与天父隔离，切断那永恒合一的关系时，所承受的也是这样的苦楚。祂痛苦的呼喊被记载在马太福音27章46节：「约在申初，耶稣大声喊着说：『以利！以利！拉马撒巴各大尼？』就是说：『我的上帝！我的上帝！为什么离弃我？』」基督在承担我们的罪恶而受苦、受死的那一刻，祂忍受了孤单、隔绝与遗弃，祂与天父之间的连结也全然断绝。然而，祂承受了被隔绝的痛苦，却让我们得着天父的应许：「我总不撇下你，也不丢弃你。」（希伯来书13章5节）

Christendured the agony and abandonment of the cross for us so that we would never bealone or abandoned by our God. Ever.

基督为我们忍受十字架的痛苦与隔绝，使我们永不被上帝撇下，也永不孤单。

Prayer 祷告：

Father, thank You for making itpossible for me to be Your child. I will be eternally grateful for the priceJesus paid to make that relationship possible. Thank You for the promise thatYou will never abandon me.

天父，感谢祢让我成为祢的儿女，并永远感谢耶稣付上代价，恢复了这份关系。感谢祢赐下应许，永不离弃我。