Lent Devotional | Good Friday

His Compassion – Love Poured Out Through Suffering

“And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” (Mark 15:34)

That cry from the Cross echoes through Good Friday. It is the cry of the Holy One entering the deepest darkness; the Beloved Son bearing the full weight of the world’s sin, its sorrow, and its judgement. Jesus does not soften His words or hide His anguish. He gives voice to the horror of that hour, and still He says, “My God.”

This is not the collapse of faith, but faith under the full weight of the Cross.

When I think of suffering, my mind returns to the story my family carries from Sri Lanka. During the devastation of Black July, much was taken from us. Our lives were upended, and what was familiar was suddenly gone. I was very young, but I remember the steady faith of my parents. They held fast to God and kept moving forward. They carried loss yet did not let go of the One who held them. It is not a comparison to the Cross. Nothing is. But it remains, for me, a quiet reminder that even when life is shattered, faith can still reach for God through trembling hands.

Yet Good Friday draws our eyes from ourselves and fixes them on Jesus. At the Cross, we see compassion deeper than sentiment and steadfast in suffering. He does not stand at a distance from human pain; He enters it fully. He bears rejection, abandonment, and He remains.

Love holds Him there.

Love endures the nails, the darkness, and the silence. At the Cross, we behold the terrible beauty of a Saviour who would rather suffer for us than leave us without hope.

And so we are silenced.

We stand before the Cross and find that language begins to fail us. Here, the Son of God is not merely suffering; He is giving Himself away. Here is love that will not turn back, mercy that does not retreat, obedience that goes to the uttermost. Jesus enters that place of forsakenness, and once you have truly looked upon Him there, nothing remains the same.

Andrew Ramalingam

Associate Pastor
GKM Church

Good Friday | His Compassion: Love Poured Out Through Suffering

Mark 15:29–39

On the Cross, Jesus remains open and faithful in the midst of deep suffering, bringing His anguish honestly before God and bearing pain in love for the sake of others.

May this passage draw us into trust that holds nothing back from God, and into the compassion of Christ that does not turn away.

Prayer

Lord Jesus, when suffering presses hard, keep me from turning inward or away. Teach me to bring my pain honestly before God, and fix my eyes on the Cross, where Your love endured all things for my sake. Amen.

Reflection

Today, resist the urge to rush past Good Friday. Stay with Jesus at the Cross. Let His cry teach you that faith can speak through anguish and let His compassion reshape how you bring your own suffering to God.