This is a meditative piece made during Lent in 2020.  It is an emotional piece, strong in color and drama.  I pondered how Jesus must have felt as He was abandoned, isolated from His Father on the cross for the first time.  

 

For the first time we also found ourselves unexpectedly forced to stay away from family, friends, church body and work colleagues.  We were isolated, maybe fearful as the chaos continued globally. We found we couldn’t depend on society, government or science for relief, so this became my Good Friday meditation lament that year.  Through this piece I cried out to the only One who has already saved me; the One who became sin for me and suffered the abandonment of His Father and cancelled my sentence of death. I confessed my fears and trying to displace Jesus with my own attempts to fix things and allowing my attention to be diverted by voices of society. And as I lamented, this piece took form.

 

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Why are you so far away when I groan for help?

Every day I call to you my God

But you do not answer.

Every night I lift my voice,

But I find no relief.

 

Thank you Jesus for forgiving me and accepting death to give me life!

 

Acrylic on masa paper stitched on canvas

Psalm 22

Matthew 27