December 7: Psalm
22:1-2 My God, my God,
why have you forsaken me? …O my God, I cry by day, but you do not
answer; and by night, but find no rest.
This Psalm was written years before Jesus, at a time of deep depression and
feeling of abandonment. Jesus knew these words and quoted them on the cross.
He, too, dove deep into the well of an interior place of loneliness and isolation.
Mental health issues are
the least funded area of our health care system. The stigmas of mental health
problems can haunt us in our careers and relationships. Our health care
solution these days is to find the medication to stabilize one from such incidents,
often with severe long term consequences.
Focusing one’s faith on
a Lord, who, in embracing his mortality and human nature, made sure that such
feelings and experiences were a part of his vocabulary. I do not know of any
other faith that has God entering into the human form and in so doing, does not
just exhibit magic healing, but also opens himself up to the depths of our
fears and anxiety. The hand of Christ does not just come from above to
lift us up, but also from below to let us know that it is all right and will be
all right.
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