ON “THE CROWNING OF FAITH”
The agonizing pain and loneliness Christ must have felt as He hung on the cross is too fearful to imagine; yet even then He cried out, “Father, into thy hands I give my spirit.” Here we find the crowning of faith. Even the most intense suffering and feelings of God-forsakenness could not sway His trust in His and our Father: He gave His spirit into God’s hands.