Christ Crucified with the Good Thief
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Framing lines in red chalk, and in pen and brown ink on mount.
1624–63
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 80.3.326
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Psalm 22:2a
When we experience trauma, our sense of God’s loving, infinite presence shuts off.
But whatever we are suffering, and whether we remember God or not, God is always present to sustain us.
Today I will remember I am safe in the heart of God. I will empty myself of the need to be in control, thank God for sheltering me, and trust that all shall be well.
Mary Ann McSweeny 