God shared this with me today =)

God is love ___ (1)
God knew mankind was separated from Him ___ (2)
God is a giving God ___ (3)
God gave free will ___ (4)

When we add 1 + 2 + 3
we get God pondering the best candidate to reconcile men to Him.
When we add in 4 into the equation
we see God asking Jesus, "Would you do the job?"

Never considered God asking His very own son,
"Son, we have a problem. Would you die for Our lost ones?"
Remember equation 4 said God gave freewill, so He never forced anyone.
He always allowed us to make a choice.

Now consider with me what God has actually asked Jesus to do.

Give up Your right to be in heaven.
Temporarily part away from Your throne and all of heaven's goodness.
Give up Your innocence and dignity to be made a sinner.
Be humiliated in front of hundreds.
Die for a group of people who might never appreciate Your deed.
Be beaten into a pulp by Your own creation.
To be rejected by Your closest (Peter)
To be betrayed by Your close friend (Judas)
To actually minister to murderers, sinners, tax collectors and the like.
To only have a short amount of time with His one and only Daddy everyday.
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The list is never ending.

He gave up all of that.
Jesus did not ever once accused us for making Him go through those sufferings.
He could have chose to die for you but condemn you for making Him go through such a huge sacrifice.
But...
He never, and He never will.

Jesus never once pointed His finger at His father, ( Who by the way, has technically asked His own son to go and die for a cause ) and cursed Him.
Jesus bore NO hatred.
He always loved, even on the cross.

He always loved His father, even though His father gave Him away, lamb to the slaughter.
All for love.


What reasons do you have now for not loving your parents?
They may have not been understanding.
They may have falsely accused you of wrongdoings.
They may have mistreated and abused you.
They may have shown their hatred against you.

But they never
banished you out of your house.
gave you away to be nailed on a cross.
request you to die for a cause.
end your life and your human rights.

Your sufferings and persecutions from your parents,
will never
beat what God asked
Jesus to do.


Love your parents while they still breathe.