G.K. Chesterson writes today of the isolation that Christ took on in the garden and while on the cross. He writes with an almost eerie reverence of the forsaken Christ who passes not only through death but his own earthly doubts.
Chesterson makes an interesting connection, in joining an atheistic perspective with the experience of Christ. He says that Christ is the only divinity that “uttered their isolation.” Referencing those who have not found or refuse to believe in the existence of God. As much as we talk about Christ’s death reaching to the very depths of human loss we rarely talk about how the earthly life of Christ reaches all human experiences. For just a moment Jesus wondered where God was. For all those who have or do wonder the same thing, Christ reaches out, empathizes, and offers the hope of God’s existence and activity.