Thunder storms

I was tired last night. However, I couldn't sleep. The thunderstorm was crazy last night, and after a winter of no thunder storms, I get excited as soon as lightning flashes across the sky and thunder rolls. So I sat in the love seat that is right under our window (much to the chagrin of parents who always tell their children never to be by windows/doors when a thunderstorm is rollin), threw on some Latin choral music that dealt with the Savior's death, and allowed myself to be almost in a trance. The music fit the storm; the storm fit the music; and both fit my mood.

O vos omnes, o vos omnes qui transitis per viam
attendite, attendite, attendite et videte:
si est dolor sicut dolor meus,
O vos omnes, o vos omnes qui transitis per viam.

From Lamentations 1:12 -
All you people who pass by
Look and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

Matthew 27 -

From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. ⁴⁶ About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
 ⁴⁷ When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
 ⁴⁸ Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. ⁴⁹ The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
 ⁵⁰ And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
 ⁵¹ At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split ⁵² and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. ⁵³ They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
 ⁵⁴ When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

Now, we wait.

It is wonderful to look back and know that He doesn't stay in the tomb. It's wonderful to realize that death has NO hold on Him because He never sinned and died in the place of those who did. But let us not take these days any less seriously because we know this. Remember that you, too, had a hand in His death. That, before the foundation of the world, God knew the plan to atone for your sin. And it included the death of the Son.

Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato passus, et sepultus est.

He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, He suffered and died.