because when you're wildly in love with someone, it changes everything

today in small group, we talked about this book that we have been reading called crazy love, by francis chan. we talked about how we think we have the right to demand answers from God when we don’t see His reasons for things, or how He is so amazing. i mean, he created tons of galaxies and we are just swirling around somewhere in the midst of it all. then we began talking about the cost Christ paid. when He was in the garden, He asked the Father to take this cup from Him if it was His will. thankfully, He drank the cup to it’s dregs. we started discussing the things He must have been feeling. the weight of the world's sins, seperation from His Father. then, a completely new revelation hit me. He was about to experieince the total pain of His beloved children, the ones He created to share a relationship of perfect love with Him, He was about to experience the weight of their hate. our hate. something He should never have had to feel or experience. something that never should have existed. He felt the hate of His precious children. can you dare to imagine that? don’t shy away from it, don’t mildly glance at the thought. respond! stop sitting still when you hear this! we are forgetting that this is GOOD NEWS!!!! when we spoke these things out loud, our group began to just cry. we ended with prayers asking forgiveness, thanking Him, proclaiming how amazing this truth of His love is. we are starting to realize that His love goes deeper than anything. it is the foundation of all truth, because it is what He is. He is love. He is love. and that love is truer than darkness. it’s truer than the fact that the sun will come up tomorrow. when you stand in His presence, there is now no room for arrogance. and thankfully, there is no need for insecurity. praise the Lord.