Inconceivable
Losing Dalton has been brutal, no doubt about it. I didn’t get a choice. But if I had, I would’ve never willingly sacrificed him for the needs of others. In fact, I’ve spent much of the last (almost) 4 years kicking, screaming, and pounding my fists on the ground in protest of my unimaginable loss. And that’s what makes this next statement so inconceivable. God did exactly this. He willingly sacrificed His One and Only Son for the needs of every human. But He wasn’t just willing. He even went so far as to devise the plan. A plan that would require His Son to innocently hang and painfully die on a cross. For me. For you. For all humanity. I would NEVER, not even for a millisecond, consider such an act. God knew what Jesus had to endure. He witnessed every last injustice committed against His Son. Jesus was: Falsely accused. Spit upon. Brutally beaten. Rejected. Humiliated. Mocked. Betrayed. Devalued. Pierced. Murdered. And because this mission was com...