Cost

"I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross"

Today when driving to Auburn your Dad asked me, " Do you ever think about what that really means?"

I thought he was talking about a conversation we were having so I was a bit confused. He asked the question again, "Do you ever thing about what that really means?"

I thought for a minute and said, "yeah, I have thought about it."I was telling your Dad I think about what God must have felt like. I ponder what it would be like to send you to die for people I don't know for things as like little white lies. I cannot imagine sending you to die for those people I don't even like. There's no way I could do it!

But your Dad thought about it another way. He was thinking about Jesus. Could he have did what Jesus did. He said he would like to think he could endure it all for me and you, but what about everyone else. What about those people who stole his tools a few weeks ago or the customers he cannot get to pay him? Could I do it for them? No Way! Jesus did!! He endured it all for people he didn't know and people who would chose not to chose Him! Why? Because of Love!

The Bible commands us to love and love is great sacrifice. Matthew says, "No greater love than this then he who would lay down his life for a friend." It is easy to say I love you to someone but never to truly comprehend the sacrifice behind the love and the commitment to those words. Corinthians says, "Love Never Fails" We all fail. Your Dad and I will fail! We are not perfect! But there is one who is perfect and he showed us perfect love at Calvary! He will never fail!

In thinking about love remember the sacrifice behind love. Remember it's a laying down of your life for another. Even your enemies! The Bible says to, "love your enemies" What a task before us!

Abigail you can love with this love but only through Jesus! He is the only one who can love through you. Allow yourself to be molded and shaped by the Lord and allow his love to shine through you to others.

I have a story I want to share with you that your Daddy tells.

A preacher was giving the invitation one night at church and shared this story. There was a dad who took his son and a friend fishing. A big storm came and the two boys fell off the boat. The dad turned and there was one lifesaver. Who do you think the dad threw it to? His son of course! No! He through it to his sons friend. How? Why? His son was saved and he knew where he was going but the friend was not. The preacher looked in the crowd and pointed to a man and said, " that's the Dad who took me fishing. I am the boy he chose."

In this story you could doubt the fathers love for his son very easily, but his love was shown through sacrifice. Much like the love the Father showed to us by giving us Jesus. It wasn't the absence of love, it was the willingness to share the love with others!!

When you think about the cross, never forget the love behind it and how it is your job, your lifes call, to share it!

You'll never know how much it cost to see your sin upon that cross! Do you ever think about it?