Forsaken.
The word came to me today in my early morning prayer. It surprised me. It wasn’t in any of my readings. Forsaken? Sitting in the warmth of my home, my healthy family still sleeping, our dog curled up beside me, I didn’t feel forsaken.
But then I remembered.
To forsake is to abandon someone or something. It’s Jesus on the cross. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34) It’s us turning our backs on God–too many Bible verses to mention, too many times to count. Again, and again, and again.
There’s another meaning of the word, though. I remembered this too.
