For the past three Sundays we have been looking at the words that our Lord shared on that day known on the church''s liturgical calendar as Black Friday or Good Friday. Both of these adjectives express a deep truth about the meaning of this day.

Today we will be looking at what is called the Fourth Word from the Cross. This word is found in Matthew 27:45-46 where our Lord hurls a question of suffering, anguish, and loneliness at heaven itself.

The Bible is such a real life book that at times it might even startle us if we take the time to read it. My dear friend, Thomas Lane Butts shares, "that the people whose lives we find preserved in its pages were often startled to find God speaking to them in strange places and under strange circumstances." I agree. Who would have thought to look f…