Su Voz is a devotional produced by the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cuba. Elisa Menocal is a member of Ardmore Presbyterian Church, and she is serving this year as a translator there.
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ARE WE ALONE?
MATTHEW 28:16-20
“…I am with you always...”
Matthew 28:20
MATTHEW 28:16-20
“…I am with you always...”
Matthew 28:20
The composer Tchaikovsky was a celebrity in his own country as well as the world over. And yet his success could not free him from the unhealthy anxiety which tormented him. He felt alone and in great distress. He wrote about the score of a melody in D minor. “Only the lonely heart can understand my anguish.”
Many people suffer from loneliness: the widow who spends many long hours by herself, the prisoner who lies in his cell, the husband whose wife left him, the woman left alone in her apartment, the child whose parents are about to divorce, the mother whose children have left her side, the patient in the hospital at night, etc.
Are you one of those who feel alone? Do the hours seem to go by in slow motion?
Are you waiting for something without knowing what it is? God knows. He is sensitive to your loneliness. During the hours on the cross, the Lord Jesus knew what it meant to feel alone. He was hanging between the sky and the earth and was receiving the punishment that our sins deserved. And in the anguish of the moment he cried out: “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46) His cry was left unanswered. But He was there only so that you and I never would have to. Never again has he been alone. Jesus Christ lives, He knows you, He loves you, and He is always at your side.
PRAYER: Receive our prayer, beloved Christ, because we feel your company at all times. Amen.
Translated by:
Elisa Menocal, M.A.
Visiting Professor of English
Evangelical Theological Seminary
Matanzas, Cuba
