"By His Stripes"

Just sitting here thinking about how great our God is. His love is unfathomable. He created matter and all that He created was good. The very spikes that fastened Jesus to the cross were held together by God, who is the author of physics. I cannot begin to imagine the suffering of both God and Jesus as He hung there. The physical pain would be unbelievable, but can you imagine the sin of the world, past, present, and future heaped on someone who was totally innocent of all sin and iniquity? I think of when I sin and how badly I feel. I cannot imagine the loathsome, odious, repulsiveness of the sin of the world laid on Jesus. I've memoriized Isaiah 53. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities. The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him and by His stripes, we are healed. Another verse says, But the Lord (God) was pleased to crush Him putting HIm to grief, if He would render Himself as a guilt offering. All that for us. I have four sons, and I cannot imagine giving even one of them up for the sins of someone else. God is love and in Him there is no darkness. We are so priveledged to be called children of God. I would ask you to ponder anew the wonder of God's love. This season of advent, let the love of God flow through you to touch the lives of those around you. Let them see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven. Hallelujah! I am a child of the King!