The First (and Last) Time Jesus Spoke and Nothing Happened

Here's the way The Jesus Storybook Bible captures the cry of Jesus from the cross and the forsaking silence of the Father:

"Papa?" Jesus cried, frantically searching the sky. "Papa? Where are you? Don't leave me!"

And for the first time - and the last - when he spoke, nothing happened. Just a horrible, endless silence. God didn't answer.

--Sally Lloyd-Jones, The Jesus Storybook Bible