DAILY READINGS: 2 Kings 5; Jeremiah 38; Hebrews 9:15-28
Reproach hath broken My heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. Psalm 69:20
Here we get a glimpse of the loneliness of our Lord in His sufferings. When we are tempted to feel sorry for ourselves in moments of loneliness, let us remember Him. Judas betrayed Him, and the rest of the disciples forsook Him and fled. His nation rejected Him and declared Him worthy of death. No man defended Him. Roman justice failed Him. Even heaven was silent, and He cried out, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Yet He suffered alone, that we might never have to be so. Bless Him! —Carl Knott
It was alone the Saviour prayed, in dark Gethsemane;
Alone He drained the bitter cup, and suffered there for me. —Ben H. Price