The things we experience in this life are types and shadows of God, His love, His attributes, His character, even types and shadows of things to come:

"That which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it unto them; for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse" Romans 1:19-20.

I grieve often for my son, who passed on to be with the Lord in May 2009. I miss him more than I ever did and I can't wait to see him again. As I missed my son today, I thought, as I often do, that I wish I could have taken his place, the suffering death part. I couldn't wish to take his place now, because he is blessed and joyful in heaven, so much more than we are on earth; but passing through death is something I would give anything, except my soul of course, to have suffered for him.

Then I thought about how the Word of God tells us that God loves us more than we know how to love our own children:

"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your father which is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?" Matthew 7:11. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" John 3:16.


I don't understand how He can love us so very much, even more than we love our own children, but He is God and I believe His Word. I could never give up my son to such suffering, as the Lord gave up His only Son to pay the penalty on the cross for our sins, but He did that, because He loves us that much:

"Behold, all souls are mine, as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine; the soul that sins, it shall die" Ezekiel 18:4.


God created us to live holy and obey His commandments, so God decreed to Adam and Eve that if they ate of the tree of good and evil, they would surely die (Genesis 2:17). Sin has put a death sentence on all humanity, because God is holy and we must also be holy to dwell with the Lord throughout eternity. Nevertheless, God loved us so much, that He sent His only Son to die a cruel death on the cross for your sins and mine, whose death was the penalty for our sins, but He bore it on the cross for us. The Word of God says,

"This is the message which we have heard of Him (Jesus), and declare unto you, that God is light and with Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth; but if we walk in the light, as He is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin" 1 John 1:5-7.


As I thought today about how very much Jesus loves us, enough to die a gruesome death for our sins, I thought about how deep and great the love of God really is for His children.

Do you love your children enough to die for them? I am absolutely sure most of us would; God made us that way:

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after OUR LIKENESS; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth" Genesis 1:26.

This is how we can know how much the Lord loves us, He died for us because He loves us, just as we would die for our own children.

Knowing how much God loves you and wants to spare you from the penalty of sin, if you believe in Him and receive Him as your Lord, won't you receive Him today, if you haven't already? Please don't neglect the destiny of your eternal soul; tomorrow could be too late. If you haven't received salvation through Christ, please visit the How Can I Be Saved page. God bless you.