Tonight I was eating dinner with a friend who recently became a father. He was telling me of the joy and pain he has experienced in the last month. He and his wife are the parents of twin girls, and when they were born, the second daughter broke her arm while in the birth canal. My friend told me, "Having my daughter experience that pain was a horrible feeling. I would rather have someone take a sledge hammer and break my two arms instead." This struck me as really bold, and then a single verse came to mind:

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3.16 (ESV)

If my friend, being a new father experienced such pain at seeing his daughter's broken, imagine the pain our Father felt to see His Son on the cross... yet He loved us so much that He was willing to sacrifice His Son in order that we might know Him. What great love this is!!!!!

Have you considered this great love of our Father? We must not forget this awesome, sacrificial love. Furthermore, it is our duty to continue to tell others that, "but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8 (ESV)

Isn't it amazing how God reveals Himself to us in common, everyday conversation?