I have grown up going to church and have always heard that God loves me. I have always believed that but I guess I'm still learning how much he really does love us. He sent His only son to die for us, right? But what does that really mean? I never realized what a sacrifice He really made.
Think of the Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I always thought that God was the "main" guy and Jesus and the Holy Spirit were created by God but lesser than Him. I thought that God CREATED his son to die on the cross for us, so it didn't seem like that much of a sacrifice. I don't have kids yet so it would be like me creating a child knowing that I would have to sacrifice him. Well, I recently learned that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are all equal and have always been. As long as God has been, so has the Trinity. Kind of confusing, right?
Understanding this has really changed my view on Gods love for us. He loved us SO much that he sent his only son, who has always been with Him, to walk the earth just as we do. He knew his son would have to die a gruesome and horrific death. It just blows my mind that someone would do that for me. I have everlasting life and a relationship with The Father because he loved me enough to sacrifice his son. I can hardly wrap my brain around it.
Knowing this makes the upcoming holidays mean something so different. We celebrate Christmas as the day that Jesus came to earth as a baby. We celebrate the sacrifice that God made and we need to remember what he has really done for us and why!
John 3:16 AND 17:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
